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  • Library Binding: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub; Lrg edition (Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1576464679
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576464670
  • Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Return To Pellucidar, 4 Sep 2009
This review is from: Pellucidar (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) (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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, exotic and undemanding., 21 Jun 2009
By Mr. M. Jones "Jonesmz" (Chester, England) - See all my reviews
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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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