LOST WORLD AND OTHER STORIES - Wordsworth Classics

The science fiction stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stand alongside those of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells. The protagonist, the cave-man in an lounge suit, is the maddening irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. The stories range from The Lost World, a sort of Jurassic Park, high above the Amazon rain-forest, to the ecologically significant When the World Screamed. Other fine examples of Doyle's imagination at its best are The Land of Mist and The Disintegration Machine. This collection is a must for all readers who love science fiction and for those whose are interested in the early development of the genre.