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1830年代、南北戦争前のアメリカ・ヴァージニア州の少年メイスンは、ひょんなことから殺人をおかしてしまった。逃げまわるメイスンが出会ったのは、なんと崇拝する作家エドガー・アラン・ポウ。この奇矯な天才と運命的な出会いが、メイスンを驚異の旅へいざなうことになった―地球内部にひろがる広大な空洞を探険する冒険旅行へと。鬼才が自由奔放な想像力で先達ポウに挑み、SF界の絶賛を博した傑作。
From Publishers Weekly
In an "editor's note," Rucker ( Wetware ) claims to have found and edited this manuscript written in 1849, shortly after the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Its author, Mason Algiers Reynolds, tells of joining Poe in a counterfeiting scheme to finance an exploration of the South Pole--and beyond, since Poe and fellow traveler Jeremiah Reynolds (not related to the "author") believe in Symme's theory of a hollow Earth. After many difficulties--including Poe's living through the plots of several of his scariest stories--the theory is confirmed with the travelers' discovery of the inside of the world, where they find light, life, even humans. Poe learns of the existence of MirrorEarth where a MirrorPoe is writing Poe's stories; jealous, he wants to go there. Rucker's pastiche of the last century's fantastic voyages makes an enjoyable adventure tale, although MirrorEarth, straining belief too far, destroys the mood.
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