Subterranean Worlds

"Fitting provides and introductory chapter on early, non-fictional theorizing about the hollowness of the Earth, which provides the background to the fictions; introductions to the selections that form the body of the book; and a final chapter giving a glimpse of the late 19th- and early 20th-century tales...all of which are excellent; and there's also a considerable amount of material on subterranean theorist John Cleves Symmes Jr.. (F)ascinating material."--Fortean Times

"Subterranean Worlds is an excellent introduction to the topic, and will take a permanent place on the shelf of reference works indispensable for historians of geology, fantasy, science fiction, and utopias."--Paul Alkon, Leo S. Bing Professor of English, University of Southern California

"Subterranean Worlds is an excellent introduction to the topic, and will take a permanent place on the shelf of reference works indispensable for historians of geology, fantasy, science fiction, and utopias."--Paul Alkon, Leo S. Bing Professor of English, University of Southern California

"Fitting supplies deft introductions to each of the selections in the volume; his mastery of primary material and secondary literature on the subject is enhanced by his enthusiasm for the project."--John T. O'Connor, Professor of History, University of New Orleans