The Hollow Earth, part 2: Adventures at the Center | Chrononauts Episode 9

Containing matters which Extend those contained in the previous Episode, chuzing to Focus on matters of Adventure of great Delight, in which vars Persons engage in Journeys of Leisure, as well as for Profit, and in an unexpected Fashion, the nature of the mysterious Identity of the Goode Captain Adam Seaborn is discussed, the Conclusions of which may surprize the Listener, as they are in no Accordance with contemporary electromechanical Analyses of such.

Timestamps:

The "Symzonia" authorship question (0:00)

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Inside of the Earth: A Big Hole through the Planet from Pole to Pole" (1876) (48:48)

Jules Verne - "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864) (56:47)

Edgar Rice Burroughs - "At the Earth's Core" (1912) (2:05:01)

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