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" Here is the Stillness, which is not still even on a good day.
Now it ripples, reverberates, in cataclysm. Now there is a line, roughly east-west and too straight, almost neat in its manifest unnaturalness, spanning the girth of the land’s equator.
..The truth is benath the surface, a leviathan waiting to uncurl, but the waters of his thoughts are placid for now. Denial is powerful.
In those memories I was someone else, just as the Stillness was someworld else. Then, and now. You, and you.
Then. This land, then, was three lands – though these are in virtually the same position as what will someday be called the Stillness. "
THE STILLNESS IS OVERWHELMING with the belligerence of volcanic plume to a height of 45,000 ft after 12,000 years of innocuous existence and pristine appearance throughout the Holocene period.
Volcanoes are powerful symbols in fiction, driving plots from Jules Verne's subterranean adventures in Journey to the Center of the Earth (Snæfellsjökull, Stromboli) to epic fantasy like J.R.R. Tolkien's Mount Doom (Orodruin) in The Lord of the Rings, symbolizing destruction, creation, and passion. They feature in thrillers (Michael Crichton's Eruption), historical fiction (E.L. Bulwer-Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii), children's stories (The Twenty-One Balloons), and even post-apocalyptic tales (Ashfall). Fictional volcanoes like Dante's Peak and Mount Sibo also become central characters, representing nature's untamed force.
Classic & Adventure Fiction
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne): The protagonists enter the Earth through Snæfellsjökull in Iceland and exit via Stromboli in Italy, using volcanoes as portals.
The Last Days of Pompeii (E.L. Bulwer-Lytton): A historical novel centered on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
The Crater (James Fenimore Cooper): Features a volcanic island setting.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien): Mount Doom (Orodruin) is crucial for destroying the One Ring, becoming a literal and symbolic climax.
Dante's Peak (Film): A classic disaster movie featuring a fictional volcano.
Mount Sibo (Film, Volcano): A fictional volcano erupting under Los Angeles, in Volcano.
Modern Thrillers & Survival
Eruption (Michael Crichton & James Patterson): A contemporary thriller involving volcanic threats.
Ashfall (Mike Mullin): A young adult post-apocalyptic series triggered by a supervolcano eruption.
Ring of Fire (Bobby Akart): A disaster series focused on volcanic events.
Symbolic & Literary Uses
Romanticism: Volcanoes like Mount Etna inspired writers (D.H. Lawrence) as symbols of passion, revolution, and intense emotion.
Children's Literature: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois uses a volcanic island for adventure.
Key Fictional Volcanoes
Mount Doom (Orodruin): The Lord of the Rings.
Dante's Peak: Dante's Peak.
Mount Sibo: Volcano (film).
Snæfellsjökull & Stromboli: Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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