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100 1 _aVerrill, A. Hyatt
_q(Alpheus Hyatt),
_d1871-1954
245 1 0 _aThrough the crater's rim
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from the December 1926 issue of Amazing Stories magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2022-02-01
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _a"Through the Crater's Rim" by A. Hyatt Verrill is a science fiction novel written during the early 20th century. The story explores the adventures of an explorer who discovers a hidden, ancient city populated by a strange, diminutive race living within a volcanic crater in Central America. The narrative combines elements of adventure, horror, and speculative fiction, pulling on the themes of lost civilizations and uncharted territories. The plot follows an unnamed explorer who, intrigued by rumors of a lost city observed from an airplane, decides to seek it out. After a perilous journey through the jungle, he finds himself in a surreal world where the inhabitants walk on their hands and possess unique customs. Initial encounters with the local population and a series of thrilling events reveal their superstitions and fears, particularly regarding the protagonist's perceived god-like status due to his unfamiliar abilities. However, when a nefarious priest exposes him as a fraud, he is captured and almost sacrificed. In a climactic rescue, his companion Hazen saves him just in time, leading to a harrowing escape from the city, which ultimately succumbs to a flood caused by their destruction of an aqueduct. The story captures the essence of adventure and the influence of supernatural elements on primitive societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Experimenter Publishing Company, 1926
653 _aExplorers -- Fiction
653 _aCentral America -- Fiction
700 1 _aPaul, Frank R.
_q(Frank Rudolph),
_d1884-1963
830 0 _aProduced from the December 1926 issue of Amazing Stories magazine.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume01Number09
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67299
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_d108121