The Hollow Earth
by Rudy Rucker
In 1836, Mason Algeria Reynolds left his family's farm in Virginia with his father's slave, dog, and mule. Branded by the killer, he and his protagonist, Edgar Allan Poe, find the sanctuary and together embark on an extraordinary expedition to the South Pole and the entrance to the Empty World. There, in the center of the world, where strange physics, strange people, alien creatures abound, where their strange adventures really begin. For more information, visit Rudy Rucker's website.