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diz_tn's review against another edition
1.0
I love classic science fiction, but Burroughs has written much better stories than this one. My biggest problem is with men of this time period trying to write love stories. Somehow these male authors think that it doesn't matter what either the male or female characters do or say, that in the end it's perfectly reasonable for the woman to fall into the man's arms and proclaim she's always loved him. Gag. It's also ok for the men to force the women to leave their homeland because, of course, the men can't "waste their lives" by staying. Since this book is actually 3 short stories, there were way too many characters to keep track of. And few of the characters were unique enough for you be able to distinguish one from the other.
sueodd's review against another edition
3.0
This is the second time I've read this, although I had forgotten about my previous reading until they reached the lost world continent. So I'm already deducting points because it clearly didn't leave much of an impression on me the first time around.
The entire first half of the book was various mishaps and adventures at sea with German U Boats during WWI. It took up entirely too much of the story.
The evolutionary biologist in me is cringing at the jumbled mess of completely different eras represented on this island. Dinosours and Large Land Mammals, plus a variety of early hominids, all existing together with the earlier period flora and fauna occupying the southern part of the island, with the later period creatures more prevalent as you go north. I know Burroughs was trying to create a new form of evolution on this isolated continent, but it doesn't sit well with me.
The entire first half of the book was various mishaps and adventures at sea with German U Boats during WWI. It took up entirely too much of the story.
The evolutionary biologist in me is cringing at the jumbled mess of completely different eras represented on this island. Dinosours and Large Land Mammals, plus a variety of early hominids, all existing together with the earlier period flora and fauna occupying the southern part of the island, with the later period creatures more prevalent as you go north. I know Burroughs was trying to create a new form of evolution on this isolated continent, but it doesn't sit well with me.
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