Journey to the Centre of the Earth
2 journalers for this copy...
Copied from amazon.com:
Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Center of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano.
The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, the present book considerably added to its popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series.
Paperback from Penguin Popular Classics. I don't remember where I got it, but I must have bought it at a flea market or a thrift store somewhere.
I've read the book, just not this copy. High adventure! :-)
Reserved for release at the BookCrossing convention here in Oslo next month as one of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Center of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano.
The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, the present book considerably added to its popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series.
Paperback from Penguin Popular Classics. I don't remember where I got it, but I must have bought it at a flea market or a thrift store somewhere.
I've read the book, just not this copy. High adventure! :-)
Reserved for release at the BookCrossing convention here in Oslo next month as one of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Journal Entry 2 by 
LeishaCamden
at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
LeishaCamden at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (4/20/2017 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Convention release!
Journal Entry 3 by faerie-glen at Weil am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Taken home from the Oslo convention.
Maybe a classic and groundbreaking in its time, but I didn't find it very engaging. It takes them almost 100 pages to even properly start the journey.
