Journey to the Centre of the Earth

　　地質學家李登布洛克教授在羊皮紙上發現了一封密碼信，經過多日的解讀後，得知該信是一個冰島的煉金術士所寫，信中表示冰島的其中一個火山口能通往地 心，教授得知後隨即帶著侄子阿克賽出發。在路上，他們在冰島上聘請了一名當地的導遊漢恩斯，三人千辛萬苦終於跟隨前人的足跡下去到火山底部，沿著熔岩的通 道前進，在地底中發現了一個大海，海岸生長了巨大型植物，而海底裡更存在第二紀的古生物，還發現了古人類的骸骨。繼續前行的途中，遇到巨石的阻礙，他們使 用炸藥炸開通道，但亦在海岸炸開一個缺堤，三人隨著海水沖到更深的地底。不過激烈的震動引發了火山爆發，他們被火山的氣流噴出地底。回到地面時，已經身在 義大利……

　　本書中譯本<<地心冒險記>>由 新BOOKHOUSE出版

　　When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner.

　　Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and illustrator who worked with Jules Verne on six of his novels, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Journey to the Centre of the Earth also includes an afterword by Ned Halley.

儒勒．凡爾納（Jules Verne）

　　法國著名文豪，科學幻想冒險小說先驅，擅長將科學理論與 文學創作加以融合，創造出結合浪漫主義與現實主義的精采作品。一生寫了六十多部科幻小說，被譽為「科幻小說之父」。從地上到天上，再到大海、地心，儒勒． 凡爾納（Jules Verne）以生花妙筆寫成的作品，已被譯成數十種語言在世界各地廣為流傳，深受全球讀者喜愛。代表作品有《環遊世界八十天》《地心歷險記》《海底兩萬 里》《氣球上的五星期》《格蘭特船長的兒女》、《神秘島》……等。

　　Jules Gabriel Verne was born in France in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. He trained for the bar in Paris but took more readily to literary life, befriending Dumas and Hugo, and making his living by writing librettos. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1862 and made him famous. Verne went on to write dozens more such adventures, including Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). In later life, he entered local politics at Amiens, where he had a home, and also lived in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne. He died in 1905.