false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166127011m/10155.jpg 10155 115 Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of <i>The Lost World</i>. 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. 1098725 1912 The Lost World (Modern Library Classics) total:1245|5:259|4:485|3:429|2:63|1:10| 1245 4654 1772 131 3 2 false false Thu May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jan 05 21:23:27 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 21:24:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 19:27:08 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:44:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:53:39 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:24:32 -0700 2009
This book is another entry in this popular range of fantastical dramas from the BBC archive. This production of "The Lost World", based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:33:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:41:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:01:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:26:26 -0700 2009 I loved the outse...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 04:13:12 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 04:14:09 -0700 2009
Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth,—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of s...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:18:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 22:54:10 -0700 2009 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 li...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 16:24:04 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 21:08:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 10:03:53 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:20:10 -0800 2008
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As with most Conan Doyle it is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:03:18 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:34:10 -0700 2009 The Lost World is Conan Doyle's foray into fantasy/sci-fi adventure, full of colonialist whimsy and daring-do (not to be confused with Crichton's Jurassic Park sequel, which borrowed the title). While some of the racial/ethnic tropes are a bit uncomfortable, the shock is blunted by the narrative voi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 06:00:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:21:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 06:06:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:23:29 -0700 2009
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Generally I find it harder...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 20:01:36 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 20:05:54 -0800 2009 1 The Lost World is Jurassic Park meets Planet of the Apes meets Lost City of Z, all with a heavy dose of early 20th century racism. Two professors, a professional adventurer, and reporter set out to prove or disprove one professor's claim that there exist...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1954 Sat Apr 11 08:16:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 08:21:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 12:25:35 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 12:25:35 -0700 2008
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