Plutonia (novel)

Plutonia (Плутония) is a russian novel released in 1915 by Vladimir Obruchev. It is a hollow-earth-type of science fiction novel set in a lost land, an underground world of rivers, lakes, volcanoes, and strange vegetation, a world which has its own sun – Pluto (unrelated to the dwarf planet Pluto which has not yet been discovered at the time) – and is inhabited by monstrous animals and primitive people. The author uses the plot for the purpose of introducing the reader to the animal and plant life of previous geological periods in their natural surroundings. As the characters venture deeper into the underground area, they encounter more and more ancient life forms, all the way to dinosaurs and other Jurassic species. The descriptive passages are made more credible by Obruchev's extensive knowledge of paleontology.

See also

• Hollow Earth
• Lost world (genre)