Pellucidar

Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pellucidar presents a science fiction first published in 1915. Edgar Rice Burroughs uses the form to consider speculation, discovery, and the consequences of unfamiliar ideas, keeping the emphasis on how ideas become choices, conflicts, and consequences. As part of a series, the book also contributes to a larger imaginative or narrative design while retaining its own identity. The reading experience is shaped by an imaginative style shaped by invention, tension, and intellectual curiosity. At roughly 57,770 words with an average difficulty reading profile, it offers a reading commitment that is easy to judge before beginning while still leaving room for close attention. Readers still return to it because of its place in the development of speculative literature and its continuing questions about progress and humanity. For modern readers, the pleasure comes from entering its particular world while noticing how its central concerns still shape personal and public life.