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Summary
Overall A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne First published in French in 1864 (later in English in 1871) One of the first great adventure stories that I've read. Some credit Verne as being the inventor of science fiction. The book with stands the test of time (in terms of a great adventure). In the 21st century most view a the center of the earth being a \"hollow earth\" where life can exist as impossible. In Verne's time it was just another possibility in a world where many unknowns existed. The adventure begins when a German professor finds an old runic manuscript from Iceland. In it there is a coded note that the professor eventually translates as an indication that a passage to the center of the earth exists and has been found in Iceland. The professor mounts and expedition to immediately go and find this passage. The adventure leads them to an amazing lost world... Three movies, TV shows, plays,etc...have all resulted from this book. Definitely a book that is worth the read, a
classic read with lots of adventure that allows your mind to believe, even just a little, \"what if...\"