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Journey to the Underground World

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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.