David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental “iron mole,” an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth’s crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar.
First Appearance “At the Earth’s Core” in All-Story Weekly (4-part serial, April 4 to 25 1914)
First Publisher A. C. McClurg
Appearance List Pulps: “At the Earth’s Core” in All-Story Weekly (4-part serial, April 4 to 25 1914), “Pellucidar” in All-Story Weekly (5-part serial, May 1 to 29 1915), “Tanar of Pellucidar” in The Blue Book Magazine (6-part serial, March-August 1929). Novels: At the Earth’s Core (1922), Pellucidar (1923), Tanar of Pellucidar (1930).
Sample Read At the Earth’s Core; Pellucidar; Tanar of Pellucidar; three science fiction novels [Internet Archive]
Description David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental “iron mole,” an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth’s crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar.
