
Septimus Spink bursts onto the scene with the swagger of a rogue explorer, crashing an elite university symposium in a flying saucer and ridiculing the century‑old theories that still dominate planetary science. His brazen monologue turns the lecture hall into a theater of tease, proclaiming that the true frontier lies not in the heavens but deep beneath our feet. With a crowd of interplanetary journalists snapping at his heels, Spink announces a bold new venture: an expedition into “inner space,” promising to rewrite the story of Earth itself.
Joined by the off‑beat spaceman D’Ambrosia Zahooli, Spink sets the wheels turning on a contraption meant to pierce the planet’s hidden layers. Their plans stir both excitement and alarm among scholars, financiers, and skeptics, hinting at a daring adventure that will test the limits of science, humor, and human ambition. The first act teases a wild descent that could unravel the very foundations of what we think we know about our world.
Language
en
Duration
~33 minutes (31K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2009-07-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1898–1986
A lively pulp-era storyteller, cartoonist, and comic-book writer, he moved easily from aviation adventures and humor to sports novels for younger readers. His work reflects a fast, energetic career that stretched across magazines, comics, books, and later television scripts.
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