Professor Challenger
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George Edward Challenger is a fictional character in a series of fantasy and science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike Doyle's self-controlled, analytical character, Sherlock Holmes, P
Professor Challenger (seated) as illustrated by Harry Rountree in Arthur Conan Doyle's novella The Poison Belt in The Strand Magazine
Wallace Beery as Challenger in the film version of The Lost World (1925)
The Poison Belt
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The Poison Belt is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's
Professor Challenger
…expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric creatures including dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and Pleistocene megafauna still survive. 1913 – The Poison Belt, in which the Earth passes through a cloud of poisonous ether. 1926 – The Land of Mist, a story of the supernatural, reflecting the strong belief in…
Cover of the first edition of The Poison Belt
Cover of a later printing of the Arthur Conan Doyle novella The Poison Belt