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Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Serialized 1915, first book publication 1923
The conclusion of At the Earth's Core left American David Innes safely back on the surface of the outer world, but 500 miles beneath his feet, in the neolithic world of Pellucidar, the ruthless reptilian Mahars still enslaved humans and feasted on their flesh. More importantly, David had been tricked into leaving behind his beloved Dian the Beautiful, and he could only assume she had fallen into the hands of his archenemy, Hooja the Sly One. So back to the Earth's core he goes, only this time carrying a load of rifles, ammunition, and books on topics from shipbuilding to agriculture.
Pellucidar (which, perhaps confusingly, is the second novel in the series of the same name) doesn't have the charm and suspense of its predecessor. It has some very imaginative scenes and plot twists, but introduces us to very little that is fresh, surprising, or intense. It is a less serious work that may have been targeted at a younger audience. There are no caustic comments about religion, no observations about the scantiness of female attire, and no gory scenes of ritual vivisection. If you want to dig for any sort of social or political message in the novel you may find it significant that the economic model David Innes tries to follow in modernizing his Pellucidarian domain is basically a communist one.
This is a fun, action-packed novel, but chiefly recommended for those who want to forge ahead and read the entire series.
Serialized 1915, first book publication 1923
The conclusion of At the Earth's Core left American David Innes safely back on the surface of the outer world, but 500 miles beneath his feet, in the neolithic world of Pellucidar, the ruthless reptilian Mahars still enslaved humans and feasted on their flesh. More importantly, David had been tricked into leaving behind his beloved Dian the Beautiful, and he could only assume she had fallen into the hands of his archenemy, Hooja the Sly One. So back to the Earth's core he goes, only this time carrying a load of rifles, ammunition, and books on topics from shipbuilding to agriculture.
Pellucidar (which, perhaps confusingly, is the second novel in the series of the same name) doesn't have the charm and suspense of its predecessor. It has some very imaginative scenes and plot twists, but introduces us to very little that is fresh, surprising, or intense. It is a less serious work that may have been targeted at a younger audience. There are no caustic comments about religion, no observations about the scantiness of female attire, and no gory scenes of ritual vivisection. If you want to dig for any sort of social or political message in the novel you may find it significant that the economic model David Innes tries to follow in modernizing his Pellucidarian domain is basically a communist one.
This is a fun, action-packed novel, but chiefly recommended for those who want to forge ahead and read the entire series.
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