Between Science and Fiction: The Hollow Earth as Concept and Conceit

[Jemmy Bloocher]

I really enjoyed, amongst his others, Marrow by Robert Reed:

http://www.hardsf.org/HSFRMarr.htm
On 24 Oct 2015 17:58, "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hanjo Berressem, Michael Bucher, Uwe Schwagmeier (Eds.)
> Between Science and Fiction: The Hollow Earth as Concept and Conceit
> Reihe: n-1 | work - science - medium
> Bd. 5, 2012, 360 S., 34.90 EUR, 34.90 CHF, br., ISBN 978-3-643-90228-3
>
>
> The idea that the earth is hollow has inspired both the world of
> science and the world of fiction. As a scientific concept, this notion
> has informed the works of Edmond Halley and Leonhard Euler; as a
> literary conceit, it can be found in the works of Dante and E.A. Poe,
> in novels by Jules Verne, Arno Schmidt, Thomas Pynchon and Mark Z.
> Danielewski, in comics, films and computer games such as Indiana
> Jones. Addressing both the scientific and the aesthetic aspects of the
> Hollow Earth, the essays in this collection range from medieval
> literature to afrofuturism, with contributions by Christiane
> Ackermann, Hanjo Berressem, Dagmar Buchwald, Fabienne Collignon, Axel
> Dunker, Duane Griffin, Galena Hashhozheva, Sabine Kyora, Eve Andrée
> Laramée, Bettine Menke, David Nelting, Isabell Platthaus, Martina
> Stange, and Heide Volkening.
>
> Hanjo Berressem teaches American literature and culture at the
> University of Cologne.
>
> Michael Bucher teaches American literature and queer culture at the
> University of Cologne.
>
> Uwe Schwagmeier teaches literary studies at the Institut für
> Germanistik at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
>
> http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-643-90228-3
>
> THE HOLLOW EARTH IS FILLED WITH GIANTS, GERMANS, AND A LITTLE SUN
>
>
> http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-hollow-earth-is-filled-with-giants-germans-and-a-little-sun
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