With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
These lively, varied and thought-provoking science-fiction stories from the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells are linked by their imposing central character, the pugnaciously adventurous and outrageous Professor Challenger. The Lost World forebear of Jurassic Park vividly depicts a perilous region in which the explorers confront creatures from the prehistoric era. The Poison Belt presents an eerie doomsday scenario, while The Disintegration Machine satirically comments on scientific cynicism.
In When the World Screamed, the planet responds violently to an experimental incursion. The strangest item is The Land of Mist, which seeks to reconcile science with spiritualism. This memorable collection provides imaginative entertainment, entrancing escapism and bold provocation.
CONAN DOYLE ARTHUR
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edimburgo, 1859- Crowborough, 1930 fue médico, novelista y un destacado miembro de los círculos espiritistas ingleses. Su primera obra sobre Sherlock Holmes fue Estudio en escarlata 1887 y, aparte de la famosa serie detectivesca, escribió novelas históricas e incluso teatro.
