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The most known early example is [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[A Journey to The Center of The Earth]]'', although he likely drew from theories of his time. When science started to switch over to the modern view of Earth's composition the idea of the hollow earth became a [[Discredited Trope]], but later generations of [[Speculative Fiction]] writers [[Reconstruction|took up the concept and revitalized it]]. [[Sci Fi]] works bring us hollow world concepts such as the [[Dyson Sphere]], which is a [[Hollow World]] [[Up to Eleven|taken to a solar system scale]], and other variations of [[That's No Moon|artificially constructed worlds]].
The most known early example is [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[A Journey to The Center of The Earth]]'', although he likely drew from theories of his time. When science started to switch over to the modern view of Earth's composition the idea of the hollow earth became a [[Discredited Trope]], but later generations of [[Speculative Fiction]] writers [[Reconstruction|took up the concept and revitalized it]]. [[Sci Fi]] works bring us hollow world concepts such as the [[Dyson Sphere]], which is a [[Hollow World]] [[Up to Eleven|taken to a solar system scale]], and other variations of [[That's No Moon|artificially constructed worlds]].


Note that its usual configuration, with people walking about on the inner surface, wouldn't work; a hollow sphere has ''no'' net gravitational pull on any object inside it (although some theorists, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleves_Symmes,_Jr John Symmes], claim that this actually ''could'' work due to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_force centrifugal force] caused by the planet's rotation).
Note that its usual configuration, with people walking about on the inner surface, wouldn't work; a hollow sphere has ''no'' net gravitational pull on any object inside it (although some theorists, such as [[wikipedia:John Cleves Symmes, Jr|John Symmes]], claim that this actually ''could'' work due to the [[wikipedia:Centrifugal force|centrifugal force]] caused by the planet's rotation).


A related belief is that of "Concave Hollow Earth": that Earth is actually a hollow bubble inside an infinite mass of rock.
A related belief is that of "Concave Hollow Earth": that Earth is actually a hollow bubble inside an infinite mass of rock.
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* In [[The DCU]], [[The Warlord|Skartaris]] was originally inside a Hollow Earth. A later [[Retcon]] changed it into an alternate dimension enetrable through gates at the Earth's poles.
* In [[The DCU]], [[The Warlord|Skartaris]] was originally inside a Hollow Earth. A later [[Retcon]] changed it into an alternate dimension enetrable through gates at the Earth's poles.
* Another DCU example: Steve Conrad, a [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] adventurer, explored a [[Lost World]] called Mikishawm inside the Earth.
* Another DCU example: Steve Conrad, a [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] adventurer, explored a [[Lost World]] called Mikishawm inside the Earth.
* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valérian_and_Laureline Valerian and Laureline]'' [a French comic]: The inhabitants of the "starless country" live inside a hollow planet. The core is their sun. And yes, somewhere a physicist is crying.
* ''[[wikipedia:Valérian and Laureline|Valerian and Laureline]]'' [a French comic]: The inhabitants of the "starless country" live inside a hollow planet. The core is their sun. And yes, somewhere a physicist is crying.
* There's a ''[[BPRD]]'' story ''called'' "Hollow Earth". It features mutant cavemen and what looks like Nazi submarines.
* There's a ''[[BPRD]]'' story ''called'' "Hollow Earth". It features mutant cavemen and what looks like Nazi submarines.
* In one issue of the Gold Key ''[[Underdog (Animation)|Underdog]]'' comic book of the 1970s, Underdog met many strange creatures, including a rock 'n' roll band, as he followed Simon Barsinister's drilling machine through the earth.
* In one issue of the Gold Key ''[[Underdog (Animation)|Underdog]]'' comic book of the 1970s, Underdog met many strange creatures, including a rock 'n' roll band, as he followed Simon Barsinister's drilling machine through the earth.
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], Saturn's moon Titan is this: barren on the outside, fully inhabited on the inside.
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], Saturn's moon Titan is this: barren on the outside, fully inhabited on the inside.
* In the miniseries ''[[Batman Odyssey (Comic Book)|Batman Odyssey]]'', Batman travels [[Beneath the Earth]] and finds it hollow and filled with dinosaurs, trolls, wizards, monsters, and so forth. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Adams#Advocacy_of_Expanding_Earth_theory Neal Adams] is on board with this idea.
* In the miniseries ''[[Batman Odyssey (Comic Book)|Batman Odyssey]]'', Batman travels [[Beneath the Earth]] and finds it hollow and filled with dinosaurs, trolls, wizards, monsters, and so forth. [[wikipedia:Neal Adams#Advocacy of Expanding Earth theory|Neal Adams]] is on board with this idea.




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* The John Gribbin novel ''Innervisions''. This is meant to be a shock ending to the book, except [[Trailers Always Spoil|the cover announces]] "The world was a sphere ... and they were inside it!"
* The John Gribbin novel ''Innervisions''. This is meant to be a shock ending to the book, except [[Trailers Always Spoil|the cover announces]] "The world was a sphere ... and they were inside it!"
* In the sci-fi novel ''[[Prisoners of Power (Literature)|Prisoners of Power]]'' by [[Strugatsky Brothers|A. and B. Strugatsky]], the inhabitants of the planet Saraksh are convinced that they live on the inner surface of a spherical cavity, due to the unusual optical properties of its atmosphere (the horizon looks like it is '''above''' the observer).
* In the sci-fi novel ''[[Prisoners of Power (Literature)|Prisoners of Power]]'' by [[Strugatsky Brothers|A. and B. Strugatsky]], the inhabitants of the planet Saraksh are convinced that they live on the inner surface of a spherical cavity, due to the unusual optical properties of its atmosphere (the horizon looks like it is '''above''' the observer).
* Due to a combination of its gravitic and atmospheric oddities, the world of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesklin Mesklin] in Hal Clement's hard sci fi classic ''Heavy Planet'' was thought by its inhabitants to be bowl-shaped. They were incorrect (it was actually a very flattened spheroid).
* Due to a combination of its gravitic and atmospheric oddities, the world of [[wikipedia:Mesklin|Mesklin]] in Hal Clement's hard sci fi classic ''Heavy Planet'' was thought by its inhabitants to be bowl-shaped. They were incorrect (it was actually a very flattened spheroid).
* [[Hell]] in [[Philip Jose Farmer|Philip José Farmer's]] ''Inside Outside''. According to some characters, it used to be flat but changed as scientific knowledge advanced. {{spoiler|It's later revealed, however, that this is false and that hell is a space station.}}
* [[Hell]] in [[Philip Jose Farmer|Philip José Farmer's]] ''Inside Outside''. According to some characters, it used to be flat but changed as scientific knowledge advanced. {{spoiler|It's later revealed, however, that this is false and that hell is a space station.}}
* In the semi-sequel to ''[[The Time Machine]]'', called ''The Time Ships'' (by [[Stephen Baxter]]), the time traveller returns to the future once again, but finds it changed. The Morlocks are now "good" in this future, and are also incredibly advanced, having engineered a [[Dyson Sphere|hollow sphere]] around the Sun slightly inside Earth's orbit. Morlocks live on the outside of this hollow sphere in the dark, while the Eloi live on the sunlit inside of it.
* In the semi-sequel to ''[[The Time Machine]]'', called ''The Time Ships'' (by [[Stephen Baxter]]), the time traveller returns to the future once again, but finds it changed. The Morlocks are now "good" in this future, and are also incredibly advanced, having engineered a [[Dyson Sphere|hollow sphere]] around the Sun slightly inside Earth's orbit. Morlocks live on the outside of this hollow sphere in the dark, while the Eloi live on the sunlit inside of it.
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* They also turned up in ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]''.
* They also turned up in ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]''.
** [[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|TOS]] episode "For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky" had a variation, a shell covering an artificial planetoid to hold the atmosphere in.
** [[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|TOS]] episode "For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky" had a variation, a shell covering an artificial planetoid to hold the atmosphere in.
* The ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' station could technically be considered a "world" of this sort.
* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' station could technically be considered a "world" of this sort.
** The planet that it orbits, Epsilon 3, confines an enourmous machine inside it, lots of hollow space and some inhabitants.
** The planet that it orbits, Epsilon 3, confines an enourmous machine inside it, lots of hollow space and some inhabitants.
* ''[[Lexx]]'''s {{spoiler|planet Fire}} has an inner surface with inexplicable bright daylight and Earth-normal gravity. Given its supernatural nature, one can only shrug.
* ''[[Lexx]]'''s {{spoiler|planet Fire}} has an inner surface with inexplicable bright daylight and Earth-normal gravity. Given its supernatural nature, one can only shrug.
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== Web Originals ==
== Web Originals ==
* The Web site [http://www.psypets.net/ PsyPets] has this as part of its [[Framing Device]]; you're a volunteer working for the Hollow Earth Research Group (HERG). However, "Hollow Earth" in this setting is not ''actually'' inside Earth; rather, it's just a ''name'' given to an alternate dimension because the researchers were reminded of the old myth. References to the actual "Hollow Earth" pop up sometimes, though.
* The Web site [http://www.psypets.net/ PsyPets] has this as part of its [[Framing Device]]; you're a volunteer working for the Hollow Earth Research Group (HERG). However, "Hollow Earth" in this setting is not ''actually'' inside Earth; rather, it's just a ''name'' given to an alternate dimension because the researchers were reminded of the old myth. References to the actual "Hollow Earth" pop up sometimes, though.
* In ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'', a Hollow Earth appears that combines [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] and [[Homage|homages]] to just about every Hollow Earth in fiction. It first appears in "Dinos and Nazis and Deroes, Oh My!" and, {{spoiler|in a [[Tear Jerker]], is destroyed in "Harbingers"}}.
* In ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'', a Hollow Earth appears that combines [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] and [[Homage|homages]] to just about every Hollow Earth in fiction. It first appears in "Dinos and Nazis and Deroes, Oh My!" and, {{spoiler|in a [[Tear Jerker]], is destroyed in "Harbingers"}}.
* [http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/dgriffin/Research/Griffin-HE_in_Science.pdf What Curiosity in the Structure: The Hollow Earth in Science] by Duane Griffin, is a short historical paper surveying scientific thinking about the hollow earth up to the present day.
* [http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/dgriffin/Research/Griffin-HE_in_Science.pdf What Curiosity in the Structure: The Hollow Earth in Science] by Duane Griffin, is a short historical paper surveying scientific thinking about the hollow earth up to the present day.
* [http://www.thehollowearthinsider.com/news/index.php The Hollow Earth Insider]
* [http://www.thehollowearthinsider.com/news/index.php The Hollow Earth Insider]
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== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==
* As alluded to above, this was an early theory of the Earth's structure dating back to the 1800. And like the [[Flat World|flat earth]] theory, some people on the fringes continued to advocate it.
* As alluded to above, this was an early theory of the Earth's structure dating back to the 1800. And like the [[Flat World|flat earth]] theory, some people on the fringes continued to advocate it.
** The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society Theosophical Society] were believers - their philosophy held all religion to have some virtue, all races were equal and they would promote studies in science, philosophy and religion. Popular through the early 1900s.
** The [[wikipedia:Theosophical Society|Theosophical Society]] were believers - their philosophy held all religion to have some virtue, all races were equal and they would promote studies in science, philosophy and religion. Popular through the early 1900s.
** The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society Thule Society] were less charitable - their beliefs influenced the Nazi doctrine of Aryan supremacy and Nazi mysticism.
** The [[wikipedia:Thule Society|Thule Society]] were less charitable - their beliefs influenced the Nazi doctrine of Aryan supremacy and Nazi mysticism.
* As recently as 2007, some guy got some attention for his fundraising for an expedition to the poles to enter the holes to the hollow earth supposedly located there.
* As recently as 2007, some guy got some attention for his fundraising for an expedition to the poles to enter the holes to the hollow earth supposedly located there.
* An unfalsifiable (and therefore scientifically irrelevant) claim is that the earth is in fact a hollow sphere with the universe inside and geometry transformed to match (i.e. the closer in you go, the smaller you get).
* An unfalsifiable (and therefore scientifically irrelevant) claim is that the earth is in fact a hollow sphere with the universe inside and geometry transformed to match (i.e. the closer in you go, the smaller you get).
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