The Lost World
Book description
Originally published serially in 1912, “The Lost World” is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tale of discovery and adventure. The story begins with the narrator, the curious and intrepid reporter Edward Malone, meeting Professor Challenger, a strange and brilliant paleontologist who insists that he has found dinosaurs still alive deep…
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Conan Doyle’s masterpiece takes readers on an expedition to a remote plateau in the Amazon, where prehistoric creatures roam undisturbed.
This novel serves as a pioneering work in the genre of exploration fiction, captivating audiences with its vivid portrayal of unknown realms and the dangers they conceal. Through gripping adventure and scientific curiosity, the book explores the clash between human ambition and the natural world.
It stands as a major work, inspiring subsequent generations of explorers and storytellers to venture into the unknown.
From Benjamin's list on forbidden territories.
This one goes back a century or so, but no man-eating monster list would be complete without it. The Lost World is one of my favourites from when I first read it many years ago (not in 1912, however, I’m not that old), and it has stuck with me since. Interestingly, The Lost World is also the title to Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park sequel and was also noted as being Merian C. Cooper’s favourite novel. Cooper, as you may or may not know, co-directed King Kong with Ernest B. Schoedsack in 1933. Written by Arthur Conan Doyle, who was also…
From Katie's list on man-eating monsters.
Everyone wants to find something sensational on their next trip. How cool would it be to find dinosaurs? Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel captures the spirit of adventure into a realm unknown, a plateau hidden on the map where time has stood still since the Mesozoic. When traveling to a place of historic (or prehistoric) significance, what fun is it to consider what those things were actually like? You probably won’t meet a dinosaur in the 21st Century, but echoes of past titans still linger in the ancient corners of our planet.
From Raffael's list on rip-roaring adventure through the world.
What could be dreamier than being told exactly how to win the heart of your first true love? This is how Doyle’s classic novel begins, and where he takes the reader is nothing shy of a boisterous affair; an adventure starring dinosaurs, cannibals, and excitement at every turn of page.
It’s on point and at pace, being a shorter book. But it was one of the first books which I found to spark the dreamer lurking in me. I’ve even done a modern translation of this book.
From Mord's list on which spark the dreamer.
Okay, we know there are no dinosaurs living on the tepuis (steep-sided mountains in Venezuela and Guyana). But in 1912 such a discovery was not outside the realm of possibility because this part of South America remained largely unexplored. Doyle, better known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was fascinated by the latest discoveries in science at a time when anything seemed possible. Couple that with an interest in far-off places and you have an expedition to South America to verify a series of outrageous claims by arguably his second-greatest character, Professor George Edward Challenger.
Well-researched by Doyle, the book…
From Alan's list on pre-1935 science fiction for modern readers.
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