Project Gutenberg 2009-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 131 Diffin, Charles Willard 1884 1966 Two Thousand Miles Below Produced from Astounding Stories June, September, November 1932, January 1933. Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Two Thousand Miles Below" by Charles Willard Diffin is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around an ambitious mining engineer, Dean Rawson, and his daring pursuit of harnessing geothermal energy from the depths of the Earth. The narrative kicks off with a blend of adventure and prehistoric creatures, exploring themes of survival, technology, and ancient legends. The opening of the novel introduces us to Gor, a primitive man, as he faces an impending disaster in a cold, stormy land and proposes to lead his tribe into the depths of the Earth to escape it. The story swiftly shifts to Dean Rawson, who is navigating the extreme heat of the Tonah Basin, revealing his aspirations to tap into the Earth's energy for powering modern civilization. His encounter with Smithy, a chance meeting under dire circumstances in the desert, sets the stage for their budding partnership as they prepare to face both the natural elements and unforeseen dangers lurking within the Earth. The start of the novel blends elements of adventure, survival instinct, and fantastical encounters that offer a tantalizing glimpse into a world where ancient fears and modern ambitions collide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 385879 385439 2025-01-12T10:38:26.558536 2023-09-13T08:30:51.379595 text/html text/html 381194 2009-09-12T09:57:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 388834 2009-09-12T09:57:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 504776 2025-01-12T10:38:36.105459 application/epub+zip 514359 2025-01-12T10:38:30.160516 application/epub+zip 217928 2025-01-12T10:38:28.715543 application/epub+zip 687088 2025-01-12T10:38:40.700477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 646139 2025-01-12T10:38:35.117512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328202 2022-09-14T03:48:10.037658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346682 346579 2025-01-12T10:38:25.436539 2023-09-13T08:30:50.460598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 346514 2009-09-12T09:57:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130159 2009-09-12T09:57:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19908 2025-01-12T10:38:40.835437 application/rdf+xml 10702 2025-01-12T10:38:29.282494 image/jpeg 2901 2025-01-12T10:38:28.995512 image/jpeg 491693 2025-01-12T10:38:26.656573 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog