Journey to the Underground World [Paperback]

Lin Carter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 1979

PAPERBACK

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: DAW; First Edition edition (November 6, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879974990
• ISBN-13: 978-0879974992
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,120,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Jr High in 1980, April 29, 2000

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Robert Smith (Qatar) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey to the Underground World (Paperback)

Hope the background does not bore you, but it helps explain my view of the book. I read this book back in 1980, when I was in the 8th Grade. As the cover and numerous pages were ripped by a classmate with a grudge, I ended up buying the book, and re-read it numerous times over the next ten years. I have lost track, but it could be in a secret place. Some day I might find this treasure. The book flowed along the lines of the H. G. Wells story, with a technological setting of the 70's. The author's style of describing events reminds me of Kipling, with rambling descriptions that would lead my imagination so I could BE the main character in the book. Unfortunately, the story does not end, but virutally leaves you hanging on a cliff, with a promise of a sequel. Many times I checked bookstores and other locations for the sequel, with no luck. If there is a book that ends the story of Eric Carstairs out there somewhere, I would change my rating of the book up to four stars, for a target audience of early to late teens. I would enjoy reading this book again at the age of 35.