At the Earth's Core
A thrilling adventure into the hollow Earth, filled with prehistoric creatures and lost civilizations. The first book in the Pellucidar series.
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At the Earth's Core is a science fiction adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first published in 1914. It introduces readers to Pellucidar, a savage prehistoric world located inside a hollow Earth.
The story follows David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry, who accidentally burrow 500 miles into the Earth's crust with a mechanical prospecting device. They emerge in Pellucidar, a land lit by an eternal noonday sun, populated by dinosaurs, primitive humans, and the telepathic Mahars who rule the realm.
Burroughs, best known for creating Tarzan, crafted this tale as a pulp adventure filled with action, romance, and exotic dangers. The novel launched a popular series and became a cornerstone of the "hollow Earth" subgenre in science fiction.
