At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

PERMISSIONS: Anyone on the internet can find and comment. Another and more direct homage to Burroughs' depiction is Lin Carter's 'Zanthodon' series, beginning with his popular novel, Journey to the Underground World.

Burroughs’ influence can be particularly traced in the name of the Elder Things' slave race, the Shoggoths. Lovecraftl who's At the Mountains of Madness was influenced heavily by At the Earth's Core. Many authors have been inspired by Burroughs' imagining of the strange subterranean world of Pellucidar. In terms of style, At the Earth’s Core can feel stilted in the beginning but eventually gives way to a captivating story that’s easy to read and enjoy. As a writer, Burroughs excels in creating immersive, exciting experiences for readers. Published by planksip A Critic's Meta Review: 4/5 Reviewīurroughs's concepts are intriguing and his combat scenes are often gripping. Published by planksip At Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Always mock those who circulate them (Book Code).A Critic's Meta Review: 4/5 At Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Facsimile dustjackets are like plastic blow up girlfriends. Dustjackets married to worn or grubby books are like a mangy Hermit crab that has found a pretty shell. Just exercise the caution you’d take crossing Frogger’s Highway and always be sure the book you’re buying has that really hefty discount, and still isn’t ugly after, or because of, the restoration. Now, how about you who’d buy a 1st edition in a repaired or restored jacket even when the book is available in a fine or near fine untouched jacket? You would, understandably, be hunting a deep discount. No, who insists both book and jacket be perfect, might rush to buy Wells’ The War of the Worlds with a torn and chipped, or heavily restored jacket, and properly consider it a triumph. Standards vary among this segment of buyers and most do weigh a 1st edition’s age and rarity, so the customer for Fleming’s Dr. Some collectors avoid renovated jackets no matter how little work has been done, and some of those same collectors will also avoid jackets in the condition they were in before the renovation (Goldilocks). And don’t ever buy anything, at all, from sellers who use words like “enhanced” or “benefited from”, or say “sophisticated” instead of “repaired” (insidious jargon), in fact, leave skid marks. The first rule to remember is that they are worth no more (or no less) than they were worth before the work was done, and sellers who imply they are worth more have tailored their descriptions for witless façade zealots, ready to sacrifice reality for the appearance of it.

Item #434 Let’s talk some truth about restored dustjackets, but only those that have been professionally restored by the capable and skillful. 1 inner paper hinge repaired else fine in a restored dustjacket. Burroughs, Edgar Rice At the Earth’s CoreĬhicago: McClurg, 1922.

At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs