- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; illustrated edition edition (14 Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486428699
- ISBN-13: 978-0486428697
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.6 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A tale of two men who travel to the center of the earth-to Pellucidar, a land of perpetual noon where time does not exist. Home to gallant heroes, beautiful maidens, horrifying villains, and savage prehistoric beasts, Pellucidar is a land of romance and heart-pounding adventure created by the author of Tarzan. This publication from Boomer Books is specially designed and typeset for comfortable reading.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the most influential American authors of science fiction and adventure. His novels include Tarzan of the Apes and, available in Bison Frontiers of Imagination editions, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core, Beyond Thirty, The Moon Maid and Pirates of Venus. Jack McDevitt is a recipient of the Philip K. Dick Special Award and is a Nebula nominee. He is the author of such novels as Infinity Beach, Moonfall and Ancient Shores. Phillip R. Burger is a freelance writer, a consultant to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., and the former associate editor of The Burroughs Bulletin.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pellucidar is the second novel in the series of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1st, 1875 - March 19, 1950). It was published originally as a four-part serial in "All-Story Weekly" from May 8th, 1915 to May 29th, 1915. It is the continuation of the story begun in "At the Earth's Core" which was published in the prior year. Once again David Innes is the hero, and the action picks up where the prior story left off. In the prologue, Burroughs indicates that he has received a letter from someone who has found the lost telegraph wires discussed at the end of the first book, and when he goes to investigate he is able to receive the story which follows in the rest of the book.
The similarities continue between the Pellucidar series and the Barsoom series, and that is not a positive thing, though there are some differences as well, such as David Innes bringing weapons and books from our Earth back with him to this new world. The empire building though, is very similar to John Carter's rise to power on Mars as he earns the trust of many of the natives who swear allegiance to him.
There isn't too much new introduced here, as the focus of this adventure is on Innes' use of his knowledge and that of Abner Perry and the items he returned with to build his empire and overcome those against him. The main foe in this book is Hooja the Sly One, which is no surprise after the first book, and for a good portion of the book Innes chases after his beloved Dian, much the same as John Carter chased Dejah Thoras for the second and third books of the Barsoom series.
Burroughs continues to use the flow of time in Pellucidar as a rather odd device, but it comes across as more of a cheat by the author than anything else. As with his other books, there are some rather amazing coincidences which result in Innes being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong time as it sometimes happens. And Perry's ability to produce so many technological advances in such a primitive society so quickly is perhaps the best example of time flow being used as a cheat.
Once again it is an easy read, and it is mildly entertaining. It probably would have been more entertaining if it had fewer similarities with what Burroughs had already written. As a result, I am only giving this book two stars, as it comes across as too formulaic. While the initial idea of the hollow world is a good one, the series itself so far lacks in much imagination as he seems to be relying on the initial idea and some warmed over ideas from his other series.
The similarities continue between the Pellucidar series and the Barsoom series, and that is not a positive thing, though there are some differences as well, such as David Innes bringing weapons and books from our Earth back with him to this new world. The empire building though, is very similar to John Carter's rise to power on Mars as he earns the trust of many of the natives who swear allegiance to him.
There isn't too much new introduced here, as the focus of this adventure is on Innes' use of his knowledge and that of Abner Perry and the items he returned with to build his empire and overcome those against him. The main foe in this book is Hooja the Sly One, which is no surprise after the first book, and for a good portion of the book Innes chases after his beloved Dian, much the same as John Carter chased Dejah Thoras for the second and third books of the Barsoom series.
Burroughs continues to use the flow of time in Pellucidar as a rather odd device, but it comes across as more of a cheat by the author than anything else. As with his other books, there are some rather amazing coincidences which result in Innes being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong time as it sometimes happens. And Perry's ability to produce so many technological advances in such a primitive society so quickly is perhaps the best example of time flow being used as a cheat.
Once again it is an easy read, and it is mildly entertaining. It probably would have been more entertaining if it had fewer similarities with what Burroughs had already written. As a result, I am only giving this book two stars, as it comes across as too formulaic. While the initial idea of the hollow world is a good one, the series itself so far lacks in much imagination as he seems to be relying on the initial idea and some warmed over ideas from his other series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm trying to read all the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels because I like the undemanding exotic 'lost world' adventures he specialises in. This is the second of this series (after 'At the Earth's Core'), and the science fiction idea of a world within a world is very well envisioned and described - the endless horizon, the intriguing moon, the social order and variety of species. There are some monsters, but disappointingly few compared to most other books. This book concentrates on the hero rebuilding an empire, and is entertaining as he travels round rescuing and rebuilding. There are a few details which jar - particularly the lack of 'time', the confusing geography without the map in the earlier volume, the utopian simplicity and the suddenness in which cavemen develop into industrial magnates - but it is an entertaining and escapist read.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Burroughs at his best
11 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
Although Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote many stories about societies of the distant future or past, peopled with anything from prehistoric creatures to aliens, I believe that this is the best representation of his talent for writing fast paced, fun to read science fiction. Although he did not have the advantage modern authors do of capitalizing on recent scientific advances for story material, he draws the reader in, especially in this book, with his ability to create a world of wild imagination and make the reader feel like they are part of the action. This is the book which made me an avid Burroughs fan and encouraged me to read the Mars, Tarzan (and other Pellucidar novels) in their entirety.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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5 July 2002
Format:Paperback
Pellucidar continues the tale of David, the lovable protagonist from At The Earth's Core. It tells the story of his return trip to the fabled subterrainian stone-age land known as Pellucidar. Here he must locate old friends, reunite with his lost loved one, and face his all-but-forgotton foes.
Burroughs' writing is simply fabulous, and even makes the characters seem all the more realistic, though many of them are not even human, but sentient creatures who can exist only in the minds of great writers like Burroughs, and in the land known as Pellucidar.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The return to Pellucidar!
7 Feb 2005
Format:Paperback
At the end of "At the Earth's Core", David Innes, our everyman-now-Emperor, has returned to the outer world, with an ugly reptilian Mahar instead of his lovely Dian.
He vows to return, and here, in the second book of this particular series, he does exactly that.
Once again, Burroughs' simple vivid prose describes one thrilling adventure after another, in full cinematic glory. There are brutal hand-to-hand combat scenes, jungle hunts, mountaineering escapades and even a sea-faring battle. All this in under 200 pages (per my Canaveral Press copy). ERB doesn't waste a lot of words.
You just have to love the lot of characters on display here. The names alone generate all sorts of mental images: King Gr-Gr-Gr, Hooja the Sly One, Ghak the Hairy One, the Mahars, the Sagoths, the massive lidi, the hyaenadons Raja and Ranee...
Over the course of two books, you'll be hard pressed NOT to cheer for the indefatigable David Innes. He's an old-fashioned, capital-H hero; plucky, smart and brave, yet human. After all, this adventure is what happens to him while he searches for his beloved Dian.
There are two high compliments I'd like to offer:
One, is that upon finishing one book I cannot wait to read the next.
Two, is that in this modern age of film, only with computer imagery could they reproduce the fabulous vistas of Pellucidar, with the overhead "horizons" and that low-lying, rotating pendant moon.
The compliment is that it would never be as "fabulous" as those ERB created inside my head.
He vows to return, and here, in the second book of this particular series, he does exactly that.
Once again, Burroughs' simple vivid prose describes one thrilling adventure after another, in full cinematic glory. There are brutal hand-to-hand combat scenes, jungle hunts, mountaineering escapades and even a sea-faring battle. All this in under 200 pages (per my Canaveral Press copy). ERB doesn't waste a lot of words.
You just have to love the lot of characters on display here. The names alone generate all sorts of mental images: King Gr-Gr-Gr, Hooja the Sly One, Ghak the Hairy One, the Mahars, the Sagoths, the massive lidi, the hyaenadons Raja and Ranee...
Over the course of two books, you'll be hard pressed NOT to cheer for the indefatigable David Innes. He's an old-fashioned, capital-H hero; plucky, smart and brave, yet human. After all, this adventure is what happens to him while he searches for his beloved Dian.
There are two high compliments I'd like to offer:
One, is that upon finishing one book I cannot wait to read the next.
Two, is that in this modern age of film, only with computer imagery could they reproduce the fabulous vistas of Pellucidar, with the overhead "horizons" and that low-lying, rotating pendant moon.
The compliment is that it would never be as "fabulous" as those ERB created inside my head.
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