Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages, #3)

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The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans--discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor. less

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Simon Winchester A fantastic piece of science fiction – it’s basically about explorers who want to know what’s inside the earth. (Source)

Roxana Bitoleanu If I have to choose only one non-business book I would pick Jules Verne's "A journey to the center of the earth", as a symbolic journey to the unknown, deep down, just like our personal search for meaning, for our inner driver. (Source)

Tullis Onstott The book has just enough science that it seems real. (Source)


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