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A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Fiction e-Book-of-the-Month, Apr 2000. AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT, A HIDDEN PASSAGE through a volcano...these are the ingredients for one of the most original science fiction stories ever written. Originally published in French as the second book in Jules Vernes' popular science-fiction series Voyages Extraordinaires, Journey to the Center of the Earth recounts the story of a German geology professor who discovers the suggestion in the ancient parchment revealing a secret passage to the center of the Earth. With his reluctant nephew and a stoic native guide, he mounts a courageous journey of scientific discovery. This is the age of the gentleman scientist, where tremendous advances are made not by teams of hundreds, but by the dogged determination of individuals with a belief in one idea. Around this character, Verne shows off his command of the best of science fiction - strong characterization, a pageturner plot, sound science and logical projections of that science into the fantastic. Underground oceans, fabulous plant and animal life, volcanos and magma flows, this is science fiction at its most entertaining.
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