Subterranean worlds : a critical anthology / edited by Peter Fitting.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitting, Peter, 1940-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series

The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction.

Civilization, Subterranean--Fiction.

Civilization, Subterranean.

Underground areas--Fiction.

Underground areas.

Earth (Planet)--Core--Fiction.

Earth (Planet).

Copat, Renzo.

Utopias--Fiction.

Utopias.

Voyages, Imaginary.

Genre:

Fiction.

Voyages, Imaginary.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Exploring the hollow earth from the 17th century to the present.

Contents:

A Bluffer's Guide to The Underworld: An Introduction to the Hollow Earth

Theories and Descriptions of the Inner Earth, from Kicher to Symmes

Relation D'Un Voyage Du Pole Arctique Au Pole Antarctique

Lamekis ou les voyages extraordinaries d'un Egyptien dans la terre interieure

The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins

A Voyage to the World in the Center of the Earth

L'aventurier Francois

L'Icosameron

John Cleves Symmes Jr. and Symzonia

Collin de Plancy: Voyage au centre de la terre

Edgar Allen Poe and "the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"

Jules Verne: Voyage au centre de la terre

After Verne: Later Developments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-220) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

081956723X

0819567248

OCLC:

54529239