Nests of pterodactyls, hordes of iguanodons, swarms of plesiosaurs still roaming the earth in the twentieth century? Professor Challenger says yes and to prove it he leads an expedition into the deepest jungles of South America. Continue reading The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1912)

Pellucidar, the name Rice gave to his Hollow Earth, hasn’t enjoyed as much fame as Tarzan, but it has had a surprising amount of influence on pop culture over the years, more because of the unique setting than any merits of the novel. Continue reading At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)