# "The Earth is hollow," says Raymond Bernard **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 22, 1999, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138 "1999-10-22T20:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/1 "1999-10-22T20:33:00Z")
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. Anyone know about him. (No, I’m not a “hollow Earther.”) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/2 "1999-10-22T21:18:00Z")
Try this site for a quick look. [http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/seeker1/fortpages/hollow-earth.html](http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/seeker1/fortpages/hollow-earth.html) This site provides some commentaries and parallel thoughts: [http://www.ufomind.com/para/conspire/hollow/](http://www.ufomind.com/para/conspire/hollow/) The book itself is on-line here (along with several others): [http://www.pufori.org/books/books.htm](http://www.pufori.org/books/books.htm) ## A Search on Google brings up quite a few sites. Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/3 "1999-10-22T21:34:00Z")
Thanks a bunch! Martin Gardner is da man! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/4 "1999-10-22T21:46:00Z")
“…And I have Touched the Sky” ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/5 "1999-10-22T21:58:00Z")
“And I have touched the sky,” finished Dr. “Bones” McCoy. Well… it was “For the world is hollow…” And… it wasn’t Dr. McCoy who said it. But I’m tired. So leave me alone. ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/6 "1999-10-22T22:00:00Z")
To quote Bill Shatner: “Get a life, you people!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![putrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@putrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/putrid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/7 "1999-10-22T23:42:00Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Momotaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Momotaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momotaro)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/8 "1999-10-22T23:50:00Z")
Do you want something even stranger, check out the theory of **WARNING, LONG DOWNLOAD** [the Expanding Earth](http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/8098/HomePage.htm). * * * Only humans commit inhuman acts. ---
**Author:** ![Momotaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Momotaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momotaro)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/9 "1999-10-22T23:52:00Z")
My post is shy of a question mark. ? (Please place where you see fit.) There you go. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/10 "1999-10-22T23:55:00Z")
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. * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/11 "1999-10-23T02:45:00Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-hollow-says-raymond-bernard/4138/12 "1999-10-23T03:55:00Z")
Dex, you spoil everything. I wanted to keep the neat stuff for us old people. * * * Tom~