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What happens when the lord of the jungle enters a world where night never falls and reptiles rule?
A radio call draws Jason Gridley toward Pellucidar, a hidden world inside the hollow Earth. David Innes, an American adventurer and leader there, needs help. Gridley turns to Tarzan, Lord Greystoke, for a rescue that takes the ape-man far beyond his African forests. Skill and nerve matter more than familiar ground.
In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan at the Earth's Core, the horizon curves upward and ancient beasts threaten the expedition. The Mahars, intelligent flying reptiles, rule much of this inner land, with fierce Sagoth soldiers enforcing their power. When events divide the party, the travelers must face danger apart. Loyalty gives them a reason to keep going.
What you’ll discover
- A world without night Enter Pellucidar, where an upward-curving horizon makes even the landscape feel strange.
- Tarzan beyond the jungle Follow the ape-man into unfamiliar country that demands his skill and nerve.
- Monsters with power Meet the Mahars and their Sagoth soldiers, whose rule makes humans lesser creatures.
- Friendship worth the danger Discover a rescue driven by the refusal to abandon friends, however far away.
- Danger at every turn Short chapters and perilous encounters keep the story close to the action.
Who will love it
For readers who love pulp adventure, lost worlds and monsters, and who want Tarzan in an unusual setting. Loyalty, courage and a rescue mission carry him into a land of prehistoric beasts and ruling reptiles.
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- A call for help comes by radio
- Tarzan is asked to join the rescue
- Pellucidar is a land without time
- The ape-man faces ancient beasts
- Loyalty and courage drive the story
- How Burroughs builds the adventure
Who’s who
- TarzanLord Greystoke, the ape-man raised in the African jungle, who joins the mission to Pellucidar because he will not abandon friends in danger.
- Jason GridleyA young American radio enthusiast from Tarzana who believes in the hollow Earth and organizes the expedition after hearing a call from within.
- David InnesAn American adventurer who reached Pellucidar long ago and became a leader there, and whose plight draws the rescuers inward.
- Abner PerryThe elderly inventor and friend of Innes, whose machine first opened the way to the inner world.
- The MaharsIntelligent flying reptiles who rule much of Pellucidar and look down on humans as lesser creatures.
- The SagothsFierce, gorilla-like soldiers who serve the Mahars and enforce their rule across the inner world.
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Tarzán en el centro de la Tierra
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1930
Tarzan enters a world beneath the Earth, where the sun never sets and friends await rescue among ancient beasts.
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Tarzan at the Earth's Core is an adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published in 1930. It is the thirteenth book in his Tarzan series.
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A call for help comes by radio
The story begins with a young American named Jason Gridley, who lives in Tarzana, California. He is keen on radio and on the idea that the Earth is hollow. Burroughs uses this hobby to open the door to a very odd place. Gridley believes that the old reports of an inner world called Pellucidar are true, and he sets out to prove it.
Pellucidar was already known to readers of Burroughs. It is a land inside the planet, lit by a small sun that hangs fixed in the sky. Because the sun never moves, there is no sunset and no way to measure the passing of time. Among its people is David Innes, an American who first reached the inner world by a drilling machine built by his friend, the inventor Abner Perry.
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What is Tarzan at the Earth's Core about?
It follows Tarzan on a rescue mission into Pellucidar, the hollow world inside the Earth. He travels by airship with Jason Gridley to help friends in danger, and meets prehistoric beasts and ruling reptiles on the way.
What is Pellucidar?
Pellucidar is an inner world that Burroughs imagined inside a hollow Earth. Its sun hangs fixed in the sky, so there is no night. It holds dinosaurs, cave peoples, intelligent flying Mahars and their gorilla-like Sagoth servants.
Do I need to read the Pellucidar books first?
No. The book explains what a new reader needs, and the story works on its own. Knowing the earlier Pellucidar novels adds some background about David Innes and Abner Perry, but it is not required.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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