The “Other” Lost World
Am I the only one who didn’t know that Michael Critchon’s “Lost World” wasn’t the only one? I seriously don’t understand how I hadn’t even had a whift of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Lost World” before I saw it on the library shelf on one of my jaunts into the backroom (Oooh….. that sounds sneaky. Like a drug deal or rebellion is going down in there!) where they sell old books. Actually I almost scanned over it until Doyle’s name caught my eye and I did a double-take. After having finished it at 4:00 a.m. yesterday I decided that the novel is fantastic! How come no one ever told me about it? The tale of four adventurers who plunge into a land cut off from the outside world for thousands of years is interesting to say the least. In fact I only have two negatives about the book and these are more than drowned out by the positives. These complaints are faint and a matter of preference, but they still irk me nonetheless. The strongest annoyance is the general acceptance of evolution as a given, unconfrontable, truth. Allow me one short rant please 
I am officially sick of hearing about evolution being the “Scientifically proven Facts” instead of “The shaky Theory”. Ok I kept it short 
The second is a small plot spoiler, although it’s easy to see coming it still bugs me. The guy doesn’t get the girl in the end! This just seems wrong! After going off on this adventure to prove himself to this woman she up and gets engaged to some boring bank teller while he’s getting chased by dinosaurs and savages! SO NOT RIGHT! Other than those two things though “The Lost World” was terrific! Easily as superb as Critchon’s story, ableit without the genetic manipulation
-JD
Funny–I read this one (and loved it) but have never read the modern one (I don’t read many modern novels except for Young Adult fiction.
I have noticed the evolution as truth thing as being pretty prominent in Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle’s books as well as many others of that time. Even C.S. Lewis and his contemporaries assumed that it was true (Dorothy Sayers comes to mind–several of her books speak of evolution in this way which is interesting because she wrote a wonderful book on creativity as a response to and a part of a relationship with God.
Okay, I love that Heather found you. I met Heather a few weeks back. Lol. And, I don’t know why, but I thought you were in California! Glad you made it through Gustav. Your post makes me wanna find some hiding spots this 35+ tired baby-birthing body can fit into–and get out of easily. Lol.