librarydino 's review for:

Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish

4.0

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Excellent book! I've been fascinated by hollow earth theory since I read Journey to the Center of the Earth when I was about 10, but I honestly had no idea for years that it was such an extensive belief. Standish breaks down the early scientists and later sci-fi authors and cultists (yes, cultists) who followed the hollow earth theory and gives plenty of awesome and funny commentary on both. My only issue was the very ending. I thought it a bit abrupt, but the other 300 some odd pages were well worth it.