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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.
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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 still roam the earth. The story takes a little while to get exciting as we are introduced to the cast of characters and to Professor Challenger's unbelievable claim that the he had discovered a land where beasts long since thought extinct still existed. But these precursors to the actual expedition are important as we learn the motives and personalities of the characters. And the action moves along quite swiftly as the four explorers find themselves in a series of (mis)adventures in the lost world.
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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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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 about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun.
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ISBN-10:
0812564839
ISBN-13:
978-0812564839
Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher:
Tor Classics
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