The Lost World
1912 • 192 pages

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In the late 1800s, a newspaper reporter attempts to impress his lady friend by joining an expedition led by Professor Challenger, which takes him along the Amazon in a search for a hidden valley populated by still-living dinosaurs.


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Professor Challenger is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1888 with contributions by Arthur Conan Doyle.


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“The lust of slaughter”
killing anything that moves
the national sport.

September 11, 2021

Fun read. Plenty of action. A little dated to be sure, especially in social attitudes and casual genocide. But at least the narrator doesn't upend Gladys on the back of a tarn at the end.

May 11, 2024