I read “The Hollow Earth” many years ago as a teen, and found it fascinating reading. What was even more fasinating was that this book was not (supposed to be) a work of fiction.
I’ve been curious about the author, though. Does anyone know anything about him? I have been unable to find anything, whether that is his real name, whether he really has a PHD, and if so what.
I, on the other hand, eagerly cracked that book, after spotting it at a library used book sale, expecting it to be a hoot. I found it to be the most boring book of all time. He repeats each thing he says literally dozens of times. A good editor – any editor – could have cut that book down to ten pages without losing any of the “information.”
Someone on this MB was citing the Expanding Earth site just a couple of weeks ago. I was amazed at the basic silliness of the whole thing, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
Of course the earth is hollow, and there’s a whole prehistoric world in there, with dinosaurs and cave-people runnin’ around in loin cloths and everything. It’s called Pellucidar.
Don’t any body read Edgar Rice Burroughs any more?