Professor Challenger Series by Arthur Conan Doyle

3.67 · 125 ratings
  • The Lost World (Professor Challenger #1)
    #1

    The Lost World (Professor Challenger #1)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings · published 1912

    It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosaic, decides to go in search of adventure and fame to prove himself worthy of her. Soon after, he meets Professor George Challenger, a scientist who claims to have discovered a 'lost world' populated by pterodactyls and other prehistoric monsters.

  • The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger #2)
    #2

    The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger #2)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 1913

    "Nothing could be done. The thing was universal and beyond our human knowledge or control. It was death for young and old, for weak and strong, for rich and poor, without hope or possibility of escape." Must Professor George Challenger and friends, barricaded in a room, see Earth die? As globe passes through a belt of poisonous ether, terror sweeps mankind; cities riot; communications cease. Novella.

  • The Poison Belt: And Other Professor Challenger Stories (Professor Challenger #2, 4, & 5)
    #2, 4, & 5

    The Poison Belt: And Other Professor Challenger Stories (Professor Challenger #2, 4, & 5)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1966

    The poison beltThe disintegration machineWhen the world screamed

  • The Land of Mist (Professor Challenger #3)
    #3

    The Land of Mist (Professor Challenger #3)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 2.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1926

    This is the third and last novel in the "Professor Challenger" series, and is a marked departure from the previous tales. In this novel Challenger becomes a Spiritualist, and the novel strongly promotes the concept of Spiritualism. A belief strongly adopted by the author towards the end of his life.This novel was first published in a serial form in "The Strand" magazine July 1925-May 1928.

  • When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger #4)
    #4

    When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger #4)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1928

    When the World Screamed is a story written about Professor Challenger by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in Liberty Magazine, 25 February-3 March 1928.

  • The Disintegration Machine (Professor Challenger #5)
    #5

    The Disintegration Machine (Professor Challenger #5)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1929

    The Disintegration Machine - Professor Challenger 4 (+Biography and Bibliography) (Matte Cover Finish): Professor Challenger is arguing with people who are persistently calling him on the telephone when his young friend Malone, a reporter for the Gazette, enters and requests Challenger accompany him to inspect the discovery of Theodore Nemor, who claims to have invented a machine capable of disintegrating objects... more

  • The Lost World & Other Stories (Professor Challenger #1-5)
    #1-5

    The Lost World & Other Stories (Professor Challenger #1-5)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1912

    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... more

  • The Disintegration Machine and When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger #4-5)
    #4-5

    The Disintegration Machine and When the World Screamed (Professor Challenger #4-5)

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2016

    Two Professor Challenger stories: One another chance for the big man to save the world, the other an attempt to let Earth know we - er, he - is here!

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