The Lost World

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Glen McCready

Here is the precursor to Jurassic Park. Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive, and a group set outs on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.

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Critic reviews

"Glen McCready's performance captures the time and tone of Doyle's material perfectly without straying into melodrama." ( Publishers Weekly)

Takes half of the book for anything to happen

First, the narrator doesn't help matters. He has a dry, old-time English voice, which is rather appropriate if they were trying to replicate the voice used at the time. Nevertheless, it is not a very engaging voice for a modern audience. In addition to that, it takes at least half of the short audiobook for anything really interesting to happen. Then it is mostly calmed down for the last hour or so of the book. So there is roughly 3 hours of good, exciting story. I would recommend a pass on this one for most people.

Great, great performance of a superb story!

Glen McCready brings this century-old adventure to life. We were mesmerized through the whole reading.

Excellent performance makes the story great

The narrator was superb in his performance of the characters and dramatizations. Improved an already good adventure novel. Congratulations to him for his good work.

Great fun! The original adventure story.

Loved the audible version of this classic adventure story. McCready brings each character to life!

Brilliant narration of a pulp classic

Glen McCready is now one of my favorite narrators. His reading of this classic of pulp fantasy was flawless. It's a fantastic story of adventure in a prehistoric lost land, similar to stories from Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs. One must accept the mores of the author's time, of course, and the British empirical mindset, but it's a fun listen. Highly recommended for families (or anyone) on road trips.