Professor Challenger: The Poison Belt - Large Print Edition (Series #2) (Paperback)

from Nataliec7

I quite enjoyed this book although it was not what I was expecting at all from this author! It's short enough to read in one sitting and did hold my interest all the way through.

from baswood

I had never thought of Arthur Conan Doyle as a science fiction writer but the Poison Belt (which has nothing to do with an item of clothing) is the real deal. The earth will pass through a poisonous belt of ether which will kill all life on the planet predicts the redoubtable Dr Challenger. Of co...

from memasmb

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle using characters from Lost World to experience a mysterious belt of ether that the earth will pass through. By isolating themselves in a small room with a supply of oxygen they are able to survive a horrible fate. This book is a quick read but somethimes the heavy British l...

from fulner

There's something about ether. I don't know what it is, but early 20th century British writers were obsessed with it. Just as Huxley used it as a stupefying agent in "Brave New World" Doyle uses it as an agent to bring upon death to the world. Professor Challenger observes changes in the light sp...

from bnielsen

Indeholder "Den giftige zone", "Opløsningsmaskinen", "Da Verden skreg". Professor Challenger har en teori om at Jorden en gang imellem passerer igennem en giftig zone. Astronomerne har netop meddelt at de fraunhoferske linier er udviskede og uklare og som den eneste advarer Challenger om at det k...