The Lost World and Other Stories

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WhenthereporterEdwardMaloneissenttointerviewtheformidableProfessorChallengerabouthisaccountsofstrangeprehistoricbeastsonaremoteplateauinSouthAmerica,heexpectstobegivenshortshriftbytheresearcher,notoriousformanhandlingnosyenquirers.ButChallenger,impressedbytheyoungjournalist'sthirstforadventure,invitesMalonealongonhisnextexpedition,plunginghimintoamysteriousanddangerousworldpopulatedbydinosaursandmurderousapemen.
Havingalreadywrittenseminalworksofdetectivefiction,ArthurConanDoylebecameapioneerofearlysciencefictionwithTheLostWorld.Thisclassicnovelhelpedestablishthegenreandhasinspired,sinceitsfirstpublicationin1912,countlessstories,novelsandfilms.