The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World is a 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book.
It has been reprinted in several formats in several languages. A paperback edition was issued in Holicong, Pennsylvania by Wildside Press in 2004 with ISBN 0809594358. It is also often reprinted within collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The novel has been adapted to film many times, the first time in 1925. This version was directed by Merian C. Cooper and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien; this version has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
The novel was also adapted to film in 1960, 1992 and 1998. A sequel to the 1992 film, Return to the Lost World, was also released that year. The novel also inspired a 2001 television series.
The name was reused by Michael Crichton's 1995 novel The Lost World, a sequel to Jurassic Park.
