Sci Fi books about hollow earth?

kelsoanim · 10-21-2011, 04:25 PM

I'm looking for a good book with a sort of hollow earth/Atlantis/hidden race theme. Can anyone recommend something like this?

Penforhire · 10-21-2011, 05:33 PM

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar series? He was a fav of mine as a child but his works don't read as well to me today.

xg4bx · 10-21-2011, 06:50 PM

The Descent by Jeff Long-

"In a high Himalayan cave, among the death pits of Bosnia, in a newly excavated Java temple, Long's characters find out to their terror that humanity is not alone--that, as we have always really known, horned and vicious humanoids lurk in vast caverns beneath our feet. This audacious remaking of the old hollow-earth plot takes us, in no short order, to the new world regime that follows the genocidal harrowing of Hell by heavily armed, high-tech American forces. An ambitious tycoon sends an expedition of scientists, including a beautiful nun linguist and a hideously tattooed commando former prisoner of Hell, ever deeper into the unknown, among surviving, savage, horned tribes and the vast citadels of the civilizations that fell beneath the earth before ours arose. A conspiracy of scholars pursues the identity of the being known as Satan, coming up with unpalatable truths about the origins of human culture and the identity of the Turin Shroud."

theres also a sequel called Deeper.

JeremyR · 10-21-2011, 07:36 PM

Rudy Rucker, The Hollow Earth, for a fairly modern book.

http://www.rudyrucker.com/thehollowearth/

A. Merritt's The Moon Pool is one of the classic takes on it (and public domain)

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=132795

JeremyR · 10-21-2011, 08:10 PM

Also a lot of H. Rider Haggard's stuff.

Also curiously enough, as I type, TCM is showing an adaption of one such novel, She. With Ursula Andress

rkomar · 10-21-2011, 08:14 PM

Jules Verne's "A Journey to the Center of the Earth", obviously!

dwig · 10-21-2011, 08:31 PM

The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt: http://www.manybooks.net/titles/merr...96mpool11.html (also available in several uploads here at MR)

fjtorres · 10-21-2011, 08:52 PM

Mahars of Pellucidar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahars_of_Pellucidar

rkomar · 10-22-2011, 04:15 AM

Oh yeah, although it's probably not what you're looking for, I think Dante's "Inferno" would qualify.

crich70 · 10-22-2011, 04:58 AM

At least one of H. P. Lovecraft's stories (The Nameless City) deals with a man approaching an ancient underground society.

Apache · 10-22-2011, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkomar

Oh yeah, although it's probably not what you're looking for, I think Dante's "Inferno" would qualify.

If so then Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle would qualify too.
Apache

kennyc · 10-23-2011, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penforhire

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar series? He was a fav of mine as a child but his works don't read as well to me today.

Yep, first "SF" book I ever read!

Rob Lister · 10-23-2011, 09:12 AM

The World is Round
Tony Rothman
excellent read

ctol · 10-24-2011, 09:48 AM

The above mentioned books are all great suggestions. You might also find this one of interest:

http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/hollow-ear...s=hollow+earth

BenG · 10-24-2011, 10:53 AM

Lost Races:
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Devil's Guard by Talbot Mundy
http://www.violetbooks.com/gal-lostrace.html

Hollow Earth:
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (they only go down less than 100 miles)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille
Abduction by Robin Cook

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Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar series? He was a fav of mine as a child but his works don't read as well to me today.

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xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	The Descent by Jeff Long- "In a high Himalayan cave, among the death pits of Bosnia, in a newly excavated Java temple, Long's characters find out to their terror that humanity is not alone--that, as we have always really known, horned and vicious humanoids lurk in vast caverns beneath our feet. This audacious remaking of the old hollow-earth plot takes us, in no short order, to the new world regime that follows the genocidal harrowing of Hell by heavily armed, high-tech American forces. An ambitious tycoon sends an expedition of scientists, including a beautiful nun linguist and a hideously tattooed commando former prisoner of Hell, ever deeper into the unknown, among surviving, savage, horned tribes and the vast citadels of the civilizations that fell beneath the earth before ours arose. A conspiracy of scholars pursues the identity of the being known as Satan, coming up with unpalatable truths about the origins of human culture and the identity of the Turin Shroud." theres also a sequel called Deeper.

10-21-2011, 07:36 PM	#4
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	Rudy Rucker, The Hollow Earth, for a fairly modern book. http://www.rudyrucker.com/thehollowearth/ A. Merritt's The Moon Pool is one of the classic takes on it (and public domain) https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=132795

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JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	Also a lot of H. Rider Haggard's stuff. Also curiously enough, as I type, TCM is showing an adaption of one such novel, She. With Ursula Andress

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rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,042 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Jules Verne's "A Journey to the Center of the Earth", obviously!

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dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt: http://www.manybooks.net/titles/merr...96mpool11.html (also available in several uploads here at MR)

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fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Mahars of Pellucidar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahars_of_Pellucidar

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rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,042 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Oh yeah, although it's probably not what you're looking for, I think Dante's "Inferno" would qualify.

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crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	At least one of H. P. Lovecraft's stories (The Nameless City) deals with a man approaching an ancient underground society.

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Rob Lister Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 3293888 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Nook Simple Touch	The World is Round Tony Rothman excellent read

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ctol Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 303523 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Arizona Device: Nook, Fire Tablet, Windows RT Tablet Windows Phone	The above mentioned books are all great suggestions. You might also find this one of interest: http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/hollow-ear...s=hollow+earth

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BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Lost Races: Lost Horizon by James Hilton The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle The Devil's Guard by Talbot Mundy http://www.violetbooks.com/gal-lostrace.html Hollow Earth: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (they only go down less than 100 miles) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille Abduction by Robin Cook