Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth

I’m an Indy fan as a 90’s child. This was an extremely well written. Very interesting and gripping Indiana jones adventures. Thank you Max McCoy for writing a great story, and great characters and doing such a good job writing a real “adventure” story as they are meant to be. I give this book 10/10.!

Another chapter in the amazing adventures of Doctor Indiana Jones. Looking forward to reading more stories from this series . Good read .

Glad amazon had this in stock so i can go on another adventure with Indiana Jones and see what troubles he gets himself in and how he is able to get out and what he finds in life jounry.

Awesome book!

Added to collection to be read soon

For a book about that seems to be all about the Hollow Earth we only actually end up there in roughly the last fifty pages and they weren't even looking for it prior. Go in expecting this and you'll enjoy a fun Indiana Jones adventure!

my two boys loved reading it and have begun looking for more books in the Indiana Jones universe to read.

This book was a letdown for me coming off Max McCoy’s excellent Indy and the Dinosaur Eggs. Max took too long to arrive at the destination of the “Hollow Earth” and when we got there it was neither fully explained nor quite frankly all that interesting.Too much time was spent on Indy’s journey to a cave in New Mexico which was not connected to the journey to the North Pole. In fact, it was the former journey (with Nazi assassins after Indy) that was more riveting than the latter, which should have been the payoff. Thus, the book feels like it coasts to the conclusion rather than continually building up steam like a runaway locomotive.In addition to the rather lack luster plot Hollow Earth has a structural flaw as well. While not a continuation of the book Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (which was chronologically two books before this one) it does pick up a lot of loose threads from that book such that Hollow Earth doesn’t stand on its own very well. To be specific Indy’s girlfriend from that book (Alecia Dunstin) is constantly referenced, is on a parallel journey to the “Hollow Earth”, but she plays no part in Indy’s journey other than when they meet up at the end. Furthermore, there is another continuing thread about a Crystal Skull which must be captured along the way to the Hollow Earth but has nothing to do with the Hollow Earth. It almost feels like McCoy was given a Franchise Directive to include the Crystal Skull due to the then movie in waiting. (BTW I don’t believe it’s the same skull, but at the time of the writing of the book it certainly could have meant to have been.)There are a lot of supporting characters in this one, a couple of which are stand-ins for the out of sight out of mind Alecia Dunstin. First, we’re given the rather shallow bon vivant Zoe Baldwin who is actually refreshingly written with her hedonistic motives. Then we’re given the beautiful Danish adventuress/spelunker Ulla, who is almost, but not quite, a Mary Sue. There’s also a 17 year old army corporal who we are obviously meant to pull for, but you won’t care Max’s writing makes you root for the kid anyway. There’s an extended if unnecessary cameo by Indy’s competitor/nemesis Belloq – again inserted by Franchise fiat? And a pilot who may be the one in the opening of the movie Raiders.But it’s not all bad, McCoy does capture Indiana's voice, behavior, and actions perfectly. I could almost hear Harrison Ford delivering Indy’s lines in the book. It is mostly for that reason that I give the book three stars.Cons: The book’s plot needed editing and increased focus on THIS story.Pros: Author perfectly captures Indiana Jones’ character.

Non molto entusiasmante ma comunque leggibile e divertente. La storia della terra cava e dei nazisti non cessa di stupire.

Having already read most of the other books available in the Bantam Indiana Jones range I picked this up ready to read without a great deal of anticipation. After you've read a number of novels featuring the same characters & themes it's easy to get a little jaded however within one or two chapters I found myself really enjoying "Hollow Earth".Very easy to read and absorb, this particular book pits our hero against some familiar foes in the Nazi's but the locale's are refreshingly different (New Orleans & the Arctic wastes in particular) and importantly they still contain a strong sense of adventure. One thing that I find strongly affects my enjoyment of anything Indiana Jones related are the locations & often in the books and the "Young Indy" series I find myself not really feeling a great sense of excitement if he's simply trekking around a lifeless desert or middle Britain. Smack him down in a jungle however and immdeiately you're halfway there to feeling like you're watching one of the great movies & in "Hollow Earth" I often thought to myself how the Author had done a great job with the locations.McCoy's treatment of Indy as a person also works well and should be enjoyable to either a super-fan or regular reader. There's a few nice (if somewhat slightly corny) references to the films thaht we all know and love and overall you do feel like this would genuinely make a great movie if Spielberg were to go ahead and direct. I think that's the highest praise I could honour the book with as the vast majority of other novels, and I enjoyed all except one of them, wouldn't really cut it as movie.The supporting characters add to the enjoyment as opposed to just being stereotypical fodder & in the Scandinavian blonde Ulla I think McCoy set up a highly enjoyable team that borders on love-hate. Great treatment of Belloq also which I won't spoil the enjoyment of.Overall this is a highly enjoyable book if you're an Indiana Jones fan. The world might be hot on Dan Brown right now but if you want a nice light adventure read featuring a genuinely classic hero then you could do a lot worse than picking up Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth

very good

thanks

A lot of fun