6/27/2023 0 Comments Journey to the center bookI am a little claustrophobic, no problems with lifts or the tube (London Underground), although I wouldn't like to be stuck in either in the dark, but cave exploration with tight spaces, NO WAY Couple that with some of the descriptions of their descent, and at times this book had the hairs on my arm twitching. Unfortunately the Earth's core is not such a mild mannered and carefree place as the Jules Verne version, in fact at times it was scary. Following clues in the manuscript they plunge deeper and deeper until the centre of the Earth beckons. So this book, set in the present day, is based around a group of cavers who have discovered details from this ancient manuscript and are looking to set records around the deepest cave exploration. What it does do is suggest that Verne wrote his novel based on an ancient manuscript by a speleologist that was actually the truth. It references the classic novel as just that, a novel. I'm careful in my choice of words, because it is not a sequel in any way. You may be wondering if this has any connection to the wonderful Jules Verne novel A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and the answer is, yes it does have connections to it.
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