{"product_id":"the-lost-world-and-the-poison-belt-isbn-9780262545259","title":"The Lost World and The Poison Belt","description":"\u003cb\u003eA heart-stopping adventure tale featuring a brilliant scientist—one as insufferably pompous as Doyle’s most famous character—and his unlikely trio, and its apocalyptic sequel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1912, the creator of Sherlock Holmes introduced his readers to yet another genius adventurer, Professor Challenger, who in his very first outing would journey to South America in search of . . . an isolated plateau crawling with iguanodons and ape-men! A smash hit, Doyle’s proto-science fiction thriller would be adapted twice by Hollywood filmmakers, and it would go on to influence everything from \u003ci\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/i\u003e to the TV show \u003ci\u003eLand of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e. Its 1913 sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Belt\u003c\/i\u003e, finds Challenger and his dino-hunting comrades trapped in an oxygenated chamber as the entire planet passes through a lethal ether cloud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Glenn is a consulting semiotician and editor of the websites HiLobrow and Semiovox. The first to describe 1900–1935 as science fiction’s “Radium Age,” he is editor of the MIT Press’s series of reissued proto-sf stories from that period. He is coauthor and coeditor of various books including the family activities guide \u003ci\u003eUnbored\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Adventurer’s Glossary\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and \u003ci\u003eLost Objects\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). In the 1990s, he published the indie intellectual journal \u003ci\u003eHermenaut\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConor Reid is a podcaster and writer from Ireland. He has published widely on popular fiction and science, including \u003ci\u003eThe Science and Fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs \u003c\/i\u003e(2018). He is the Head of Podcasts at HeadStuff Media as well as the host and producer of his own critically acclaimed literature podcast, \u003ci\u003eWords to That Effect\u003c\/i\u003e. The podcast, which has been performed live in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, tells stories of the fiction that shapes popular culture.Series Foreword vii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003cbr\u003eConor Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost World 1\u003cbr\u003eForeword 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI There Are Heroisms All Round Us 5\u003cbr\u003eII Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger 13\u003cbr\u003eIII He is a Perfectly Impossible Person 23\u003cbr\u003eIV It's Just the Very Biggest Thing in the World 33\u003cbr\u003eV Question! 55\u003cbr\u003eVI I Was the Flail of the Lord 73\u003cbr\u003eVII To-morrow We Disappear into the Unknown 85\u003cbr\u003eVIII The Outlying Pickets of the New World 99\u003cbr\u003eIX Who Could Have Foreseen It? 117\u003cbr\u003eX The Most Wonderful Things Have Happened 147\u003cbr\u003eXI For Once I Was the Hero 165\u003cbr\u003eXII It was Dreadful in the Forest 187\u003cbr\u003eXIII A Sight I Shall Never Forget 207\u003cbr\u003eXIV Those Were the Real Conquests 227\u003cbr\u003eXV Our Eyes Have Seen Great Wonders 247\u003cbr\u003eXVI A Procession! A Procession! 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Poison Belt 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI The Blurring of Lines 295\u003cbr\u003eII The Tide of Death 317\u003cbr\u003eIII Submerged 339\u003cbr\u003eIV A Diary of the Dying 359\u003cbr\u003eV The Dead World 375\u003cbr\u003eVI The Great Awakening 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Challengers of the Known 409\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Glenn\"Doyle’s Professor Challenger series made the planet and its processes strange again. . . . The strength of Doyle’s science fiction lies in its facilitation of an encounter between the reader and the biosphere they inhabit. . . . [and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e] presents a playful meta-reflection on the genre that gives it its name. . . . Anticipates the windswept tableaux vivants of Jeff VanderMeer’s and Chen Qiufan’s contemporary climate fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Praise of the Radium Age Series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joshua Glenn’s admirable Radium Age series [is] devoted to early- 20th-century science fiction and fantasy.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eT\u003ci\u003ehe \u003c\/i\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Long live the Radium Age.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s an attractive crusade. […] Glenn’s project is well suited to providing an organizing principle for an SF reprint line, to the point where I’m a little surprised that I can’t think of other similarly high-profile examples of reprint-as-critical-advocacy. ”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Neglected classics of early 20th-century sci-fi in spiffily designed paperback editions.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“New editions of a host of under-discussed classics of the genre.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTor.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shows that ‘proto-sf’ was being published much more widely, alongside other kinds of fiction, in a world before it emerged as a genre and became ghettoised.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBSFA Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A huge effort to help define a new era of science fiction.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransfer Orbit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent start at showcasing the strange wonders offered by the Radium Age.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaximum Shelf\u003c\/i\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e“It is a marvel of imaginary adventure which Mr. Doyle has achieved.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York World\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“They who neglect to read it will have missed a highly entertaining flight of the Doyle imagination.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Evening Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The book strikes a fresh note in the literature of adventure.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Record-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“At once one of the most realistic and one of the most romantic of [Doyle’s] books.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Living Age\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Highly adventurous and thrilling.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The last word in the sensational. No less interesting than the feats of Sherlock Holmes.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Gazette-Times \u003c\/i\u003e(1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“It is the original and real thing, a gem of the Jurassic epoch.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Highly interesting adventure of a sort to stir the pulse and arouse the wonder of even the jaded novel reader.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Easily one of the best stories of the year. It is filled to overflowing with interest, excitement, and humor.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“It is a book which excites the reader’s imagination from the opening page, and Mr. Doyle’s consummate descriptive art never found better use than in following the fortunes of his brave band of explorers into a country the like of which was never dreamed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e (1912)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“To anyone who has had the delightful experience of traveling in \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e with Professor Challenger the bare announcement that that brilliant and eccentric personage plays a most important part in this new tale will quite suffice. For who, having once met the Professor, would not desire to continue the acquaintance?”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (1913)\u003c\/b\u003eArthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and author who in 1887 introduced Sherlock Holmes, arguably the best-known fictional detective. He also wrote poetry, historical novels, influential gothic short stories, and more. Doyle’s proto-sf series of Professor Challenger adventures include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e (1912), \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Belt\u003c\/i\u003e (1913), and \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Mist \u003c\/i\u003e(1926), and the short stories “When the World Screamed” (1928) and “The Disintegration Machine” (1929).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303414223077,"sku":"NP9780262545259","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262545259.jpg?v=1767740335","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-lost-world-and-the-poison-belt-isbn-9780262545259","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}