BRADSHAW, William Richard.

£300 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the History of the Discovery of the Interior World and Conquest of Atvatabar. First edition of this science fiction novel, featuring an early example of the utopian "hollow earth" trope. It draws on the polar theories of John Cleves Symmes, Jr."Hollow earth conventions were used around the turn of the century to dramatize developments in the United States that were tied to the exploration of polar regions... Behind the adventure narrative [of Atvatabar] lies a description of American military superiority explicitly linked to the politics of the outside world" (Seed, p. l-li).

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