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Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands,...
by David Standish | HC | LikeNew
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- Hardcover
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- 1 lbs
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Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306813734
ISBN-13
9780306813733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44183301
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hollow Earth : The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advancedd Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines below the Earth's Surface
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Gaia & Earth Energies, World
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-011035
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
001.9
Synopsis
This lavishly illustrated book traces the idea that the Earth has a hollow interior, which may contain strange lands, creatures, and civilizations, through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the notion of a hollow Earth has reflected its particular hopes, fears, and values.224 pp., A remarkable cultural history of what might exist under the Earth's surface-as reflected in mythology, religion, science, literature, and good old crackpottery, Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who also suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the many surprising, marvelous, and just plain weird permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. Both Edgar Allan Poe and (more famously) Jules Verne picked up the torch in the nineteenth century, the latter with his science fiction epic A Journey to the Center of the Earth . The notion of a hollow earth even inspired a religion at the turn of the twentieth century-Koreshanity, which held not only that the earth was hollow, but also that we're all living on the inside . Utopian novels and adventures abounded at this same time, including L. Frank Baum's hollow earth addition to the Oz series and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar books chronicling a stone-age hollow earth. In the 1940s an enterprising science-fiction magazine editor convinced people that the true origins of flying saucers lay within the hollow earth, relics of an advanced alien civilization. And there are still devout hollow earthers today, some of whom claim there is a New Age utopia lurking beneath the earth's surface, with at least one entrance near Mt. Shasta in California. Hollow Earth travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes, fears, and values. Illustrated with everything from seventeenth-century maps to 1950s pulp art to movie posters and more, Hollow Earth is for anyone interested in the history of strange ideas that just won't go away., Beliefs in mysterious Underworlds are as old as humanity. From the ancient Sumerians to Incas to modern Christians, nearly every culture has had its special version. However, the idea that the earth has a hollow interior where strange lands, creatures, and civilizations may exist was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1692 by Sir Edmund Halley (of Halley's comet fame). Since then, it has been used as a popular literary motif by writers as various as Edgar Allen Poe, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, to name a few. Hollow Earth traces this notion through the centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the notion of a hollow earth reflected its particular hopes, fears, and values. Lavishly illustrated--including Bosch's inspired surreal nightmares of Hell, seventeenth-century maps and diagrams of the interior, illustrations from early Jules Verne editions and other novels, pulp art from World War I through the 1940s, plus movie posters and much more--this unique book will appeal to readers of many sorts: those interested in the history of science, religion, utopian fiction, and real-life experiments; science fiction fans, film buffs, and those intrigued by the remarkable evolution of ideas over centuries.
LC Classification Number
GN755
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