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The beginning was so boring and it took far to long before the story actually begun. The last 40-60 pages was much better and I really enjoyed them but overall alright Ig
Quite an exciting and lively book, atleast in the initial and middle parts. Hilarious at times. Becomes a little predictable and slow towards the end, but a superb story worth reading atleast once in your lifetime. Some great quotes on leadership and dealing with difficult circumstances.
Me daba mucha curiosidad, además porque es claramente anterior a las películas de parque jurásico y los libros. Es entretenida y uno puede rastrear influencias a lo que vino después. Además me daba mucha curiosidad leer algo del autor y que no fuera sobre Sherlock Holmes.
Շերլոկը բարով-խերով «վերջացրինք» անցանք Չելլենջերին )) Իրոք, շատ լավ գիրք էր։ Առեղծվածային ինչ-որ բան կար մեջը, որ անընդհատ ինձ ձգում էր դեպի իրան. Դրա համար էլ շատ արագ կարդացի մինչև վերջ։ Մեր տանը նստած, ես էլ հերոսների հետ հասել էի Ամազոնի ջունգլիներ ու փնտրում էի Կորուսյալ աշխարհը…
Me daba mucha curiosidad, además porque es claramente anterior a las películas de parque jurásico y los libros. Es entretenida y uno puede rastrear influencias a lo que vino después. Además me daba mucha curiosidad leer algo del autor y que no fuera sobre Sherlock Holmes.
I read The Lost World when I was a kid, I think. The story is very familiar. Maybe I read part of it, or an abridgement, or a comic version. Or I'm confusing it with the many imitations, like Edgar Rice Burroughs' Land That Time Forgot (1918, a mere 6 years after Doyle's novel). Whatever my first encounter, my reread last week was a lot of fun. The Lost World almost crackles with manic energy. The basic idea, finding a lost dinosaur land, would have been enough for any novelist. But Doyle adds a good backstory, bolts on a fun conclusion, and also populates the tale with solid characters, especially the awesome professor Challenger. *And* the action is manic and well told. We begin with Challenger beating up reporters (!) and never pause. The novel also offers a fascinating microcosm of colonialism during the end of its global heyday. Our heroes (all male) leap into other societies, kill at will, commit something close to genocide, enslave an entire species, and also run off with precious gems. For which they are celebrated. For me, reading about WWI, The Lost World is a fine text for the war's leadup. It's a book fairly obsessed with characters forcing themselves to be more manly, more virile, more violent, and more daring. Characters are quick to violence and ready to destroy... yet all within a meticulously maintained social hierarchy. You can see August 1914 and the western front about to appear. I said more about this book on an upcoming SFFaudio podcast, and will defer to that when it appears.
