Edgar Rice Burroughs: Other than Tarzan
Explore Edgar Rice Burroughs beyond Tarzan with our curated reading list, featuring classics like At the Earth's Core. Discover the best of Burroughs' science fiction and adventure books for devoted fans and new readers alike.
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At the Earth's Core
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
David Innes is a young man who has just inherited a large mining company. An eccentric inventor, Abner Perry, convinces Innes to underwrite a project to build a 'iron mole', claiming it will make them both wealthy. The mechanical beast works well, actually too well. On the maiden voyage, instead of digging for a few minutes and returning, they plunge straight through the earth's crust into the 'inner world' of Pellucidar. This world resembles earth but is a horizon-less, primeval tropical landscape where the sun neither sets nor rises, and is populated by 'Sagoth' gorilla men, wild human slaves, and the ruling hypnotic reptilian 'Mahors'.