Return to the Lost World: Origins and Illustrations (with Dr Richard Fallon)

Arthur Conan Doyle and Professor Challenger make a welcome return to the show, as we turn once again to the worlds of Edwardian fantastic Imperial fiction, and the history of still-living dinosaurs in literature. Dr Richard Fallon joins us to talk all things LOST WORLD, in particular the vision Conan Doyle had for a subtle, restrained presentation of the tale via the illustrations of his brother-in-law PATRICK LEWIS FORBES, versus the more familiar, bombastic, monster-filled illustrations of HARRY ROWNTREE. Will the great writer get his way? Topics include:

-dueling visions of The Lost World through its illustrations!

-dinosaurs in lost race/world stories versus in Swiftian satire

-Conan Doyle's own supposed 'cryptid' sighting

-Professor Challenger as a representation of Conan Doyle's ideas about science

-the faked 'imposter' photos taken for the Lost World

LINKS

Buy Me A Coffee! It keeps me awake while hunting dinosaurs

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic

Creatures Of Another Age, Richard Fallon

https://www.valancourtbooks.com/creatures-of-another-age.html

Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World: Illustrating the Romance of Science, Richard Fallon (includes some of Forbes' illustrations)

https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/arthur-conan-doyles-the-lost-world-illustrating-the-romance-of-sc

Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature, Richard Fallon

https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/reimagining-dinosaurs-in-late-victorian-and-edwardian-literature-

Call for Interdisciplinary Science Reviews Special Issue

https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/interdisciplinary-science-reviews-palaeoscience/?utm_source=TFO&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15743

Gallery of Lost World illustrations, including Harry Rountree's set

https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Lost_World