New books

We've just put up two new titles, both of which will stay in the top five for at least another couple of weeks. First is Admiral Byrd's Diary. Although probably apocryphal (US Navy records show that Byrd was at the South Pole when the diary says he was at the North Pole in 1947), the story is exciting and part of the urban legend regarding the Inner Earth. It could well be that whoever put together Byrd's Diary made a mistake in Byrd's location. In a book about the Inner Earth, which we will be putting up soon, the author indicates that the story in the Byrd diaries takes place at the South Pole, thereby making it comport with the actual records of Byrd's 1947 expedition.

The other book I put up recently was an interview with Nikola Tesla from an 1899 issue of Pearson's Magazine. I added a short story that Tesla wrote for a former teacher in 1939, illustrated with block print artwork from a 1939 Serbian calendar.

Because both of these titles are very inexpensive, it's probably best for book club members to buy them at club prices instead of redeeming them as book club selections.

More later,

Comments

[Tom Johnson]

Ah yes, the Inner World Theory! This has been a fascinating theory for a hundred years, whether dinosaurs still exist there, or is the base for UFOs. I love reading stories about the Inner Earth, and what writers with imaginative minds create for us. Great stuff, keep them coming!
Tom