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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Ein netter Abenteuer-Roman, der die eine oder andere Länge geschickt durch toll gezeichnete Atmosphäre kaschiert. Ich persönlich hätte zwar etwas mehr Action erwartet, aber insgesamt ist 'The Lost World' solide Unterhaltung und lohnt sich für Dinosaurier-Fans durchaus.
Keeping in mind that this was written in 1912, and if you disregard the occasional racism and sexism, The Lost World is a great adventure book. If I could, I’d give it a 3.5!
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another classic book and one where i knew (or thought i knew) the story.
While this is considered dated today - i think it shows how the gentry were perceived in the early 20th century. Yes, Challenger was essentially a dick - but his booming presence reminded me a lot of Brian Blessed (who is not a dick).
It was with common ease that the author decided to essentially commit genocide to a race of ape men, and portrayed the characters as thoroughly enjoying it. The casualness that the 'Indians' could carry their baggage now they had turned up at the end was a little hard to shrug off. Yes, racism is strong in this book - but it is a snapshot of the time.
Narration was very well done, and kept the story fresh for me.
While this is considered dated today - i think it shows how the gentry were perceived in the early 20th century. Yes, Challenger was essentially a dick - but his booming presence reminded me a lot of Brian Blessed (who is not a dick).
It was with common ease that the author decided to essentially commit genocide to a race of ape men, and portrayed the characters as thoroughly enjoying it. The casualness that the 'Indians' could carry their baggage now they had turned up at the end was a little hard to shrug off. Yes, racism is strong in this book - but it is a snapshot of the time.
Narration was very well done, and kept the story fresh for me.
Originally published on my blog here in April 1998.
This is one of the very best stories Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote, excluding some of the Sherlock Holmes series. Professor Challenger is one of his most memorable characters, though verging on the side of a caricature. (He is a scientist with no patience for those who do not understand science.)
He believes he has discovered, in the midst of the South American jungle, an almost inaccessible plateau where prehistoric plants and animals, including dinosaurs, have survived. His theory is ridiculed by the scientific establishment in London (not something which serves to help his bad temper), and he eventually agrees to an expedition setting out to test his ideas. The expedition includes Professor Summerlee, one of his most outspoken critics, Lord John Roxton, a famous sportsman and big game hunter, and Malone, a journalist, from whose point of view the novel is written.
Suffice it to say, Challenger's views are completely vindicated, and the party has several adventures on the plateau before they are eventually able to return to civilisation.
The simple plot is developed well, and the suspense never flags; it is a book that Michael Crichton could have used more as a model to improve the pretty dire Jurassic Park. (But then, I've never liked anything Crichton has written.)
It hasn't dated in the manner of some of Doyle's other books, and sometimes reads more like a modern "steampunk" novel than something more of the period. It is of as good a quality as the best of Well's science fiction, which was probably a model for this book
This is one of the very best stories Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote, excluding some of the Sherlock Holmes series. Professor Challenger is one of his most memorable characters, though verging on the side of a caricature. (He is a scientist with no patience for those who do not understand science.)
He believes he has discovered, in the midst of the South American jungle, an almost inaccessible plateau where prehistoric plants and animals, including dinosaurs, have survived. His theory is ridiculed by the scientific establishment in London (not something which serves to help his bad temper), and he eventually agrees to an expedition setting out to test his ideas. The expedition includes Professor Summerlee, one of his most outspoken critics, Lord John Roxton, a famous sportsman and big game hunter, and Malone, a journalist, from whose point of view the novel is written.
Suffice it to say, Challenger's views are completely vindicated, and the party has several adventures on the plateau before they are eventually able to return to civilisation.
The simple plot is developed well, and the suspense never flags; it is a book that Michael Crichton could have used more as a model to improve the pretty dire Jurassic Park. (But then, I've never liked anything Crichton has written.)
It hasn't dated in the manner of some of Doyle's other books, and sometimes reads more like a modern "steampunk" novel than something more of the period. It is of as good a quality as the best of Well's science fiction, which was probably a model for this book
adventurous
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didnt really like this book as I found it really slow going and dull despite stiff happening.
I think this is mostly because I didn't like any of the characters. Even the narrator I didn't care for as he was only there for a stupid reason so I almost couldn't like him on principle.
However the book was nice and short so it could have been worse.
I think this is mostly because I didn't like any of the characters. Even the narrator I didn't care for as he was only there for a stupid reason so I almost couldn't like him on principle.
However the book was nice and short so it could have been worse.
I didn't think this one would be so amusing! Professor Challenger is so full of himself and insults his peers in funny ways.
Other than the lame reason why Malone took the journey in the first place, I was inmerse in the story since the begining. There are some things that doesn't make sense to me, but it is fast passed and funny. The characters are interesting, every one of them giving something to the story though none of them felt indispensable and I could have done as well without one or another in it.
I don't care enough to keep reading Profesor Challenger's adventures but I had a good time reading this one.
I don't care enough to keep reading Profesor Challenger's adventures but I had a good time reading this one.
This was OK. A little bit sillier piece of sci-fi than, say, Verne. But it'll make a fun, fast-paced read-aloud for the family anyway.
Definitely a Boy's Own adventure story - the one real woman in it starts as strong and decisive, having a huge impact on the narrator's life, but ends up being capricious and as incomprehensible as the rest of the species were to the bold adventurers of the time. I have vague recollections of film versions of this, and I'm sure Professor Challenger was never portrayed as the ugly brute described by Doyle in those. Is that because a visual medium has a greater need for the appearance of the hero to reflect his status in the narrative? For all that there are elements of the anti-hero about him, he is still more a caricature than a complex character and for this, as well as the (non) role of the female of the species and other inferior beings I would say this certainly shows Doyle as the forerunner to Asimov in the world of sci-fi.