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The Lost World (Tor Classics)
A book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale ofThe Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn … see full wiki
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Tor Classics
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This book was awesome!!! I am a huge Sherlock Holmes fan, and I've read all the original stories, but this may have been better than the Sherlock Holmes story. I found it fascinating and intriguing.
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It's great to see THE LOST WORLD in print in a nice paperback edition. While maybe not in the same pantheon of classics as H.G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS or THE TIME MACHINE, or Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH or 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, this novel certainly is a classic in its own right.Most are probably familiar with the basic plot - an intrepid, self deprecating reporter along with vain academics and a pompous sportsman set off to find a land where pre-historic beasts … more
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