The Smoky God, Willis George Emerson
The Smoky God, Willis George Emerson
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The Smoky God
A Voyage to the Inner World 

Author: Willis George Emerson

Narrator: Susan Iannucci

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2023

Synopsis

When Olaf Jenson discovers a secret hidden world within the bowels of the earth, he has no idea that it will be as hard to leave as it was to find it. This subterranean, Edenic civilization is inhabited by a race of scientifically advanced giants who worship the “smoky God” in the center of the earth. This novel brought acclaim to its author, Willis George Emerson, when it was first published in 1908. It is an example of early 20th century science fiction.

About Willis George Emerson

Willis George Emerson (1856–1918) was involved in law, politics, literature, and business in North America. As a novelist, he is best known for mid-West tales such as The Smoky God (1908), The Treasure of Hidden Valley (1915), and The Man who Discovered Himself (1919).

About Susan Iannucci

Susan Iannucci is a full-time narrator and voice-over actor working from California. She has been producing multi-cast productions for several years along with her own solo narrations. Pulling together multi-cast projects with actors throughout the world continues to be a great challenge and thoroughly rewarding. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ralph on January 07, 2013

Real? Fiction? Just a hoax? This tale of a journey to the world hidden at the center of the Earth, approachable through polar openings, is presented as a personal account, related in the form of a dying declaration. The narrative has an aura of veracity, and much of the geography is presented in a p......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 05, 2017

I can appreciate this book as a classic of early proto-science-fiction and fantasy, but overall the story was somewhat boring and poorly paced. The interesting segments inside the hollow earth were rendered too quickly and the arctic sea voyage and frame story elements took up far too much of the st......more

Goodreads review by Samira on February 14, 2017

I believe the author's experience of meeting with giants in inner earth is True! I almost fell out my chair when I read the following descriptions of the giants living in Inner Earth. "There was not a single man aboard who would not have measured fully twelve feet in height.They all wore full beards,......more

Goodreads review by GoldenGerbera on August 16, 2020

I found this book by accident. The best accident of this year so far! The only down side of this book that it is too short.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on July 13, 2024

Very cool to see the origins of hollow earth theory but how are you telling me this brudda’s journey to and discovery of the world inside the world is only 58 pages. that shit crazy......more

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