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Journey to the Center of the Earth

One does not simply walk into the center of the Earth. Young student Axel and Professor Otto Lidenbrock, studying a very old manuscript, discover an ancient pathway into the center of the Earth. They immediately travel to Iceland, and with the assistance of Hans, a local guide, they find an entran......more

"Et quacumque viam dedent fortuna sequeamur" (Therever fortune clears a way, Thither our ready footsteps stray) If Jules Verne is known for one thing, that is for being exceptionally thorough. When I read Mysterious Island sometime back, the sheer amount of scientific data were shocking. It was li......more

Why does Jules Verne often remind me of Monty Python? I mean, it's not funny or anything. Perhaps I was struck by the fact that Robur-le-conquérant doesn't just feature a flying machine called the Albatross, but also gives you a precise figure for the speed of a swallow. Anyway, with further apologi......more

"As long as the heart beats, as long as your body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life" I thought this book was brilliant and superbly well written by Venre as I will summarise below. It follows 3 main characters:- 1) Professor Lidenb......more

When I was young I read this book and most of his others too. I used to wonder about the Hollow Earth and often compared it to Middle Earth and Midgaurd. Alice down the rabbit hole. Shamballa and Hades. Like At The Earths Core this book opens the imagination to an inner realm. I have researched this......more