The Hollow Earth: The Narrative of Mason Algiers Reynolds of Virginia

by Rudy Rucker

Book Overview

"The Hollow Earth" is a classic work of American steampunk. In 1836, our seventeen-year-old narrator Mason Reynolds leaves his father's Virginia farm with the black Otha. He befriends the dissolute... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688094139
• ISBN13: 9780688094133
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read.

Being a huge fan of Poe, I really enjoyed this book. This is the only book of Rucker I have read, so I cannot compare it to his other writings, but I thought the book was great. It provides a fantastic escape into another world!

Very amusing for Poe fans-- imaginative and fun.

Like the reviewer below, I've read almost all of Rucker's work, including his short-story output, which is excellent. Unlike him, I really enjoyed this book. Poe fans and lit majors will get a kick out of it, and casual readers of SF will enjoy it as well. Perhaps not as good as the Software/Wetware/Freeware novels, but very enjoyable, and on a par with White Light and Secret of Life.