AS I set my ship down in the sheltered cove along the shore of desolate Guadalupe a trifle over four hours after I left Tarzana, the little Mexican steamer I had chartered to transport my men, materials, and supplies from the mainland rode peacefully at anchor in the tiny harbor, while on the shore, waiting to welcome me, were grouped the laborers, mechanics, and assistants who had worked with such whole-hearted loyalty for long months in preparation for this day.
Traveling 500 miles through the Earth's crust in their “iron mole,” David Innes and Professor Perry make the astonishing discovery that the earth' center is hollow and the site of an amazing interior world — Pellucidar! It is at a Stone Age level of development, dominated by chilling reptilian monsters with a high degree of intelligence who communicate through extrasensory means. Evolution is proceeding along different lines in Pellucidar than it did on the Earth' surface, and humans are treated as inferior creatures. Danger and violence are the rule in this land of perpetual noon (the sun is always at the zenith), where time does not exist.
Second in the Venus series. Carson Napier begins this episode in the Room of the Seven Doors
"Llano of Gathol" is a collection of four novellas written in the Martian series of Edgar Rice Burroughs which was written for Amazing Stories in 1941. Llano, the daughter of Gahan of Gothol, is the perfect damsel in distress.
Years ago David Innes and Abner Perry bored straight down through five hundred miles of the earth's crust and landed in Pellucidar, the savage, primeval world that lies at the center of the earth.
John Carter of Mars is the eleventh and final book in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is not actually a novel but rather a collection of two John Carter of Mars stories.
Carson Napier is the first Earthman to visit Venus, and he has to keep alert every moment of his stay in that world of mist and mystery.
Shot down over Europe, an American pilot finds himself instantly transported to the planet Poloda, where another war rages
The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of the original crew that sailed to Pellucidar with Jason Gridley and Tarzan who is left behind in the inner world.
A Princess of Mars (1917) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a sub-genre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication.
Ace Book, F-190;cp.40. No Pub-date stated, Mass Market Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Text is clean, binding tight, square. Illustrator Roy Krenkel, Jr.
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This is a science fiction story by Forster. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth
Wollheim takes his team of heroes on a grand tour of the solar system as that team struggles to prevent an alien force from blowing up the sun!
A Voyage to Arcturus is a novel by the Scottish writer David Lindsay.
Adrianna loved cool fall evenings without a hair-disturbing breeze — perfect weather for donning a warm and fuzzy sweater. She picked the pink one, a recent thrift store find, because it was a size too small.
The Double Spy is presented here in a high quality paperback edition
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