The Lost World
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Conan Doyle novel and adaptations
- The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel), a 1912 book
- The Lost World (1925 film)The Lost World (1925 film)The Lost World is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O...
, a silent film - The Lost World (1960 film)The Lost World (1960 film)The Lost World is a 1960 science fiction adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Irwin Allen...
, set in Venezuela - The Lost World (1992 film)The Lost World (1992 film)The Lost World is a 1992 film, based on the book of the same title by Arthur Conan Doyle.- Plot :It is approximately 1912. Junior reporter Edward Malone bungles into the office of Gazette editor McArdle looking for an adventurous assignment and is sent to interview Professor Challenger , whose...
, set in Africa - The Lost World (1998 film)The Lost World (1998 film)The Lost World is a 1998 film, based on the book of the same title by Arthur Conan Doyle.- Plot :Mongolia, 1934.The researcher Maple White , together with his assistant Azbek , discovers an unknown world populated by dinosaurs, situated on a plateau in Mongolia...
, set in Mongolia - The Lost World (2001 film)The Lost World (2001 film)The Lost World is a 2001 adaptation of the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, directed by Stuart Orme and adapted by Adrian Hodges. It was filmed at various locations on the West Coast of New Zealand. The film was produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom and A&E in the United...
, a BBC film - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, a television series
- "The Lost World", a radio drama in the Radio TalesRadio TalesRadio Tales is an American series of radio dramas produced by Generations Productions. This series adapted classic works of American and world literature such as The War of the Worlds, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Beowulf, Gulliver's Travels, and the One Thousand and One Nights...
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Crichton novel and adaptations
- The Lost World (Crichton novel), a 1995 book
- The Lost World: Jurassic ParkThe Lost World: Jurassic ParkThe Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was produced by Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson...
, a 1997 film - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (film score)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a light gun arcade game from Sega. It was released in 1997. It was the follow-up to Sega's 1994 rail shooter based on Jurassic Park, itself named Jurassic Park...
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (console game)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (handheld game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (handheld game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park was a game designed by THQ for the original Game Boy and based on the book of the same name. Another handheld version, The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Sega, was also the final game released in North America for the Sega Game Gear, released in August 1997.After...
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Sega game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Sega game)The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a video game released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, made by Appaloosa Interactive. It is based on both The Lost World novel and the movie...
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (pinball)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (pinball)The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 pinball game designed by John Borg and released by Sega Pinball. It is based on the movie of the same name.-External links:*...
- Chaos Island: The Lost World Jurassic Park, a PC game
Literature
- Lost World (genre)Lost World (genre)The Lost World literary genre is a fantasy or science fiction genre that involves the discovery of a new world out of time, place, or both. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian imperial romance and remains popular to this day....
- Lost World (manga)Lost World (manga)is a manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka.- Characters :Shunsaku BanKenichi ShikishimaMakeru ButamoSekken Kao-Publication:In Japan, Lost World was published in two books by Fuji Shobo...
, by Osamu Tezuka - Lost Worlds (book)Lost Worlds (book)Lost Worlds is a collection of Fantasy, Horror and Science fiction short stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1944 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. 2,043 copies were printed....
, a short story collection by Clark Ashton Smith - Lost Worlds (Lin Carter), a short story collection
- Lost Worlds (gamebook)
- The Lost World, a poetry collection by Randall JarrellRandall JarrellRandall Jarrell was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a role which now holds the title of US Poet Laureate.-Life:Jarrell was a native of Nashville, Tennessee...
Games
- Forgotten WorldsForgotten WorldsForgotten Worlds, originally titled in Japan, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in...
(known as Lost Worlds in Japan), a 1988 arcade game - The Lost World (MSX2 video game), a 1998 role-playing game
- The History Channel: Lost Worlds, a 2008 Macintosh game
Music
- Lost World (album), by George Acosta
- The Lost World (album)The Lost World (album)The Lost World is an album of rarities released by now-defunct British indie band Pull Tiger Tail. The album compiles the majority of the band's B-sides in addition to previously unreleased demos...
, by Pull Tiger Tail
Film and TV
- Lost Worlds (TV series), a History Channel documentary series
- Il mondo perdutoIl mondo perdutoIl mondo perduto is a DVD release of ten short documentaries films directed byVittorio De Seta between 1954 and 1959.The series was restored by the Bologna Cinematheque in 2008.-Episodes:...
(The lost world). a compilation of short documentary films by Vittoria De Seta
Other uses
- Lost World CavernsLost World CavernsLost World Caverns, located just outside of Lewisburg, West Virginia, is an underground natural series of caverns. In November 1973, the caverns were registered as a National Natural Landmark as they "feature terraced pedestal-like stalagmites, flowstone, curtains, rimstone, domepits, and...
, West Virginia - Lost World (Queensland), a mountain in Australia
See also
- Lost landsLost landsLost lands can be continents, islands or other regions supposedly existing during prehistory, having since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena or slowly rising sea levels since the end of the last Ice Age. Lost lands, where they existed, are supposed to have subsided into...
- Lost cityLost cityA "Lost City" is a term that is generally considered to refer to a well-populated area which fell into terminal decline, became extensively or completely uninhabited, and whose location has been forgotten. Some lost cities whose locations have been rediscovered have been studied extensively by...
- Mythical placeMythical placePlaces which appear in mythology, folklore or religious texts or tradition, but which are not probably genuine places, include:...
- Mythical continentsMythical continents-Ancient Greek:* The most famous mythical continent is Atlantis. Like Hyperborea and Thule, Atlantis is ultimately derived from ancient Greek geographic speculation.-Mayan:...