Synopsis
In The Lost World, the first in a series of books to feature the bold Professor Challenger-- a character many critics consider one of the most finely drawn in science fiction-- Challenger and his party embark on an expedition to a remote Amazonian plateau where, as the good professor puts it, " the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended" and numerous prehistoric creatures and ape-men have survived." Just as Sherlock Holmes set the standard-- and in some sense established the formula-- for the detective story . . ., so too has The Lost World" "set the standard and the formula for fantasy-adventure stories . . ., " Michael Crichton writes in his Introduction." The tone and techniques that Conan Doyle first refined in The Lost World have become standard narrative procedures in popular entertainment of the present day."
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About Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
1859–1930
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
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