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Sep 25, 2011

Kwesi 章英狮 rated it:

I don't like to end the book so soon, I really love this book although I expected something gorier like dinosaur killing the whole tribe or cannibals eat human flesh. Still, I did love this book in many ways and as long as I live I'll treasure this book forever. Hey, stop looking to me like that. I can still remember all the things I read from the book. Amen.

The whole journey started when a Gazette Irish journalist named, Malone, went go straight to the house of notorious Professor C More...

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Dec 13, 2011

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" rated it:

The Lost World is a classic work of action/adventure that has a lively feel that made for a very fun read. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories, has a way of writing an engaging tale. For readers who fear reading books published prior to the later 20th century out of the desire to avoid dry, stale language, I would offer up this book. Although it shows the sentiments, good and bad, for the period in which it was written, the writing tone could easily be as modern More...

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Jan 14, 2012

AnEyeSpy rated it:

"The Lost World" 1912 by Arthur Conan Doyle is a plateau deep in the Amazon jungle, where four Englishmen seek the truth of a dinosaur sketched by a dead American, Maple White.

The woman is a faithless flibberdygibbet who rejects our young narrator's proposal, demanding heroism. The Negro is like a faithful dog who waits with a rescue party, yet participates in no rewards. Despited dated inequities wherein appearance of ape-man versus red Indian dictates intelligence qualit More...

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Feb 09, 2012

Caroline rated it:

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle is part of the fantastical adventure novel genre that was so popular among the late Victorians. In it, eccentric British scientist Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still exist in a remote area of South America. He intends to prove it. Included in the expedition are Professor Summerlee, a skeptic, Lord John Roxton, a big-game hunter, and Ned Malone, a reporter. They soon become stranded in the remote “Maple White Land,” threatened by lumbering dinos More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Sam rated it:

First written in 1912 this is a classic adventure story that follows four men on a scientific expedition to a remote and secluded plateau in the heart of the South American rainforest to prove/disprove the findings of Professor Challenger. Told through the letters and correspondence of Ned Malone, a journalist that manages to talk his way into the expedition group, this is a vivid account of their travels, very much in the vein of Verne.

Although some parts of the story do date it, s More...

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Jan 05, 2009

Dave rated it:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World" is a classic adventure story first published in 1912. It is the story of a scientific expedition that is sent to determine if the reported findings of prehistoric life still existing in a remote area of South America are true. Professor Challenger is the one defending his findings, Professor Summerlee is the skeptic, and there are two unbiased observers: the guide, Lord John Roxton, and a reporter Ned Malone, who also servers as the Narrator of More...

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May 13, 2011

Travis rated it:

I had no clue that Conan- Doyle had written anything besides Sherlock Holmes, when I found this book and was blown away.

Professor Challenger is not quite the anti-Holmes, as he's a genius himself, but unlike Holmes, Challenger is an arrogant, short tempered, loud genius.

When he and the young reporter that becomes his 'Watson' discover hints of a secret land in South America, they assemble an expedition and end up trapped in a world of dinosaurs.

While dealing with th More...

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Dec 06, 2008

King Dinösaur rated it:

I can't believe it took me so long to get around to reading this book but I finally did it. Well worth the wait. You all probably know what it is about and anyway the premise is simple: somewhere in South America lies a plateau cut-off from the rest of the world wherein dwell all manner of prehistoric creatures. A group of adventurers and scientists trek to the Lost World and end up fighting for their lives against all manner of monstrous creatures.

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Jan 17, 2011

bookczuk rated it:

Read this as part of The Lost World Read 2009. After reading many of today's thriller adventure stories, this was a really refreshing change. An exciting tale, told in a completely different fashion from the writers of today. One could view it as "dated" but I preferred to view it as a trip back in time, and found it delightful in many ways. Imagine how exciting it would have been in a world without television, telephone, internet and digital cameras. If this happened now, one would a More...

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Dec 01, 2011

Diego rated it:

The Lost World, a nearly perfect adventure story.

The characters it involves are excellent and, surprisingly, are the most entertaining thing in this book. The relations between them, the variety of reactions to situations, etc... it's all good.

The quest for the lost world in itself is quite exciting as well, and you really feel immersed in the party.

If I had to point out a few things I liked less, that might be the fact that problems often find simple solution More...

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Sep 29, 2011

Христо rated it:

“Изгубеният свят” на Артър Конан Дойл и отдалечаващото се детство
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/09/blog...

Просто един от най-любимите ми романи от юношеските (още не бяха тийнейджърски) години, четен пак и пак неопределен брой пъти. Още повече, че в разкъсаната книжка, намерена някъде из кашоните с книги, захвърлени на село при нечие местене, липсваха последните 20-ина страници. И всеки път си фантазирах възможни варианти за край на великото приключение, който да не съвпада с More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Dfordoom rated it:

The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

As much as I adore the Sherlock Holmes stories it always saddens me that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s other fiction often gets overlooked. He wrote superb historical novels, some great horror short stories (including the one the movie The Mummy was based on, tales of adventure on the high seas and just about every other genre you can think of. And he wrote science fiction. Like The Lost World.

This short novel is not quite my favourite More...

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Aug 30, 2009

K. rated it:

Very fun little book by Doyle--sans Sherlock. Gave to 10 yr old a while back, he didn't get into it. I couldn't understand until I read it! The first chapter is all the young hero trying to woo his woman with her telling him she just can't bring herself to marry a man who's not famous. Well, what 10 yo cares about that kind of stuff! I told him to try again and skip the first chapter:)

The silly woman does say something good though:

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Apr 27, 2009

Zelda rated it:

Oh, I had forgotten how much I love paragraph-long, physiognomy-based character exposition. I don't find modern writers can lay meaning on a face with quite the zeal of Victorian and fin de siecle writers. Why not add more than one personality trait in just the brow alone?
I loved the outset of this novel, but my loyalties were tested by the plot twists. It wasn't enough Darwinism to have a plateau with dinosaurs. And it wasn't enough "What ho" bigotry to have double-crossin More...

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Nov 20, 2011

Andrew rated it:

An enjoyable romp which follows in the path of professor Challenger and his intrepid team on their search for living relics of the jurassic era.
I enjoyed this book it's not wholly dissimilar from the Jules Verne type fantastic tales though in some ways I feel faster paced..the characterisation is good too and adds a three dimensional quality to the narrative.
Our heroes are flawed in character with Challenger being a brusque fella quite liable to blow his top at any point,It's also in More...

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Feb 09, 2012

sabisteb rated it:

What I am writing is destined to immortality as a classic of true adventure

Edward Malone, Reporter für die Daily Gazette, steht schon 1912 vor dem gleichen Problem, wie seine Geschlechtsgenossen 100 Jahre später auch noch: er ist bei seiner heißgeliebten Gladys auf der Kumpelschiene gelandet. Des Weiteren stellt sie dann auch noch klar, dass sie einen ganzen Kerl will, einen Abenteurer, einen Mann, der mit beiden Beinen im Leben steht, den klassischen sanften Krieger und kein Reporterw More...

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Jul 28, 2011

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Feb 11, 2012

Catherine rated it:

This is the first non-Holmes Doyle book I have read and I enjoyed it immensely. It is narrated in much the same manner; first person from the perspective of a "sidekick" (please forgive the term, I don't think it's too appropriate in the case of Malone or Watson, but it will suffice) of a very bold, indivdiual character. In this case, we have Professor Challenger, the very picture of early explorers and adventures. I was suprised to find, however, that he wasn't exactly the central cha More...

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Apr 12, 2011

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I listened to this as an audio book and even then, the magnificent writing was hard to ignore. Each character in this book was defined and perfect. There were so many times I rolled my eyes at something Professor Challenger said or did. They never stepped out of character even once. I loved the story and the writing and the pictures it painted in my mind. There is a reason Sir Arthur is widely read.

In this story, Mr. Malone is a journalist trying to win the love of the fair Glad More...

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Feb 15, 2010

David rated it:

I'll be honest, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World took me forever to read, and it's not that long of a book. Part of the problem is the edition that I bought, a Dover Thrift Edition, because they use small, compact type to get as much text on a page as possible to cut down on the book size, thereby keeping the price lower. The other problem is that Conan Doyle's story is wordy. Very wordy. But, it is also part of the charm of the story. He's taken his four main characters and made them int More...

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Oct 23, 2011

Matti rated it:

Nuori englantilainen lehtimies toteaa, että tie naisen sydämeen kulkee urotekojen kautta, ja niinpä hän pestautuu persoonallisen professori Challengerin retkikuntaan, jonka tarkoituksena on lähteä etsimään todisteita kadonneen maailman olemassaolosta. Seikkailun aikana retkue vaeltaa halki villin viidakon ja joutuu täpäriin tilanteisiin niin verenhimoisten dinosaurusten kuin vihamielisten apinamiestenkin kanssa.

Arthur Conan Doylen "Kadonnut maailma" (Pellervo-seura, 1948) l More...

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Sep 02, 2010

Rosey rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. At first I was just reading it because my dad badgered me into it; I thought it was going to stink. After reading the first few pages of it I was sure that it would stink, but once I got past the boring parts it started to get really interesting and intense. The book reminds me a bit of the movie "Up" because it's about a man who found this lost world that no one knows about in the 19th century. People are skeptical about what he claims, so he takes a report More...

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Feb 06, 2012

Laura (Roses and Vellum) rated it:

Review from my blog, http://rosesandvellum.blogspot.com.au/

It's been a long time since I last read The Lost World, probably 10 years or more, so it was about time I read it again. This amazingly imaginative novel, especially for its time- mixes plausible scientific facts with fascinating fictional conjecture.

Alas as an adult, the story is less magical to me than as a child, enchanted by the idea of giant dinosaurs still roaming the earth, but it was still thoroughly enjo More...

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May 11, 2011

Jeffrywith1e rated it:

The Lost World and Starclimber
After finishing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World I jumped right into the third and last book chronicling the adventures of Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, Starclimber., by Kenneth Oppel. Both books share similar themes: they are pulp adventures set in around the same time, they feature the discovery (or rediscovery) of new and dangerous animals. Yet these two books are very opposite in their writing styles. And one pays homage to the other in a huge way, More...

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Feb 06, 2010

Cindi rated it:

I'm having a hard time giving this book three stars. I'd rather give it 2.5. And, if I hadn't just finished "The Lost City of Z," it would probably only get 2.

It was kind of fun to get back into the Amazonian jungle and I did enjoy reading my first Conan Doyle book. I feel sure that I will come back to him and read some Sherlock Holmes. His style is different from what I am used to and I enjoyed it a lot.

But, this whole story Lost World, was a disappointment More...

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Sep 13, 2011

Hugh The Great Curmudgeon rated it:

"Just 'cause the Postman ain't been bit lately don't mean the dog forgot how to bite." (B.E.Anthony)

In other words, "just because the book is old, doesn't mean it's not a good read." (Me)

In fact, I'll go a step further and point out that victorian and early 20th century writers like Edgar Rice Burroughs and Arthur Conan Doyle were able to do what famed writers like Micheal Crieghton struggled to do, that is overlay a science based fantasy More...

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May 23, 2011

Masanobu rated it:

I kind of loved this book. It's the perfect adventure novel and the archetypal there-are-dinosaurs-among-us! novel. Much better (in a way) than Jurassic Park and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. And I didn't even know that it existed until recently, much less that it was written by the best detective story writer ever (A.C. Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes).

I don't think I'm really spoiling anyone, but just in case: <spoiler>The Lost World deals with the discovery of a land More...

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Jun 15, 2009

Scott rated it:

Four intrepid explorers undertake a scientific expedition up the Amazon in Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1912). Professors Challenger and Summerlee, accompanied by Lord Roxton and our narrator, Malone, set out in search of a South American plateau still populated by dinosaurs. But there's blessed little by way of cameras, compasses, or spade and shovel work. The instruments of choice for our Edwardian adventurers are the repeating rifle and the elephant gun. The story devolves from a scientific More...

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Jan 16, 2010

Kate rated it:

I was surprised by how readable this book was. The language used is very different to that we use now when describing other races which jars a little sometimes, but it is an easily read adventure story. I think the reason it surprised me is that the films of the book have never really appealed to me!

Thanks to those who shared the book with people like me who were not in one of the cities who took part the the 2009 reading event this was published for, I was given it, and the readers More...

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May 07, 2009

Marvin rated it:

Professor Challenger is Arthur Conan Doyle's other eccentric hero. While I loved the Sherlock Holmes stories, I never got around to reading this well-known adventure novel until now. Challenger, along with a rival professor, a big game hunter and the narrator, a young reporter, go to Venezuela to find a plateau where dinosaurs still survive. It is a very enjoyable tale but certainly not up to the best of the Holmes stories. Those into action and those interested in the early origins of science f More...

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