The Hollow Earth (Paperback)

~ Rudy Rucker (Author)

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Product Description

In 1836, Mason Algiers Reynolds leaves his family's Virginia farm with his father's slave, a dog, and a mule. Branded a murderer, he finds sanctuary with his hero, Edgar Allan Poe, and together they embark on an extraordinary expedition to the South Pole, and the entrance to the Hollow Earth. It is there, at the center of the world, where strange physics, strange people, and stranger creatures abound, that their bizarre adventures truly begin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: MonkeyBrain Books; 2nd edition (December 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932265201
• ISBN-13: 978-1932265200
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poe Fans Will Love It!, January 4, 2008

By	Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you've read some Poe, especially "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," you'll enjoy this pastiche. It's especially fun if you're familiar with Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness," another book that makes homage to Poe's "Arthur Gordon Pym." Rucker never disappoints-- he's crazy in a *good* way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great American SF Novel, December 11, 2007

By	Marc Laidlaw - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Poe, Lovecraftian critters, wild adventures from the American South to the Hollow Earth--it's all here. One of Rudy Rucker's best novels, back in print.

3.0 out of 5 stars An Appropriately Mad Poe, August 17, 2009

By	P. Vogel (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Essentially an update of the Vernian science fiction adventures of the 19th century, with a dose modern anthropology, post-modern sci-fi weirdness, and Rudy Rucker brand sexuality thrown in. Told from the perspective of a young man from the pre-war South, who becomes Poe's assistant and accompanies him on an adventure to increasingly strange and bizarre lands. Quite enjoyable for anyone who knows something of Poe's biography, and doesn't shirk away from the pervier elements of it.