Return to the Centre of the Earth Leskanich. The story is narrated by Patrick Stewart. Recording was delayed after Wakeman was hospitalised with a life threatening case of double pneumonia and pleurisy, and needed time to recover. Upon release, the album reached number 34 on the UK Albums Chart. In 1974, Wakeman released his second solo album "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a concept album based on the same-titled science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of Professor Lidenbrook, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans who follow a passage to the Earth's centre originally discovered by Arne Saknussemm, an Icelandic alchemist.
At the Earth's Core (novel) of Edgar Rice Burroughs, they managed to adapt the first Pellucidar book, with Len Wein scripting, and various artists such as Mike Kaluta and Murphy Anderson on art. The adaptation started out "Korak, Son of Tarzan" #46, then moved to "Weird Worlds", where it ran from #1-6. The 2008 movie "Journey to Middle Earth" also shares several similarities with the events and locations of the novel, although the film was intended as a loose adaptation of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne. Other authors have been inspired by Burroughs' depiction of the strange subterranean world, most