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The Poison Belt: A Plague Classic by the creator of Sherlock Holmes!
The Poison Belt A Plague Classic by the creator of Sherlock Holmes Author:Arthur Conan Doyle Plague Classic by the creator of Sherlock Holmes! The Poison Belt portrays Conan Doyle's other great creation, Professor Challenger. In this 1913 exciting adventure the professor grapples with the problem of Earth's passing through a poisonous cloud, putting humankind's existence in jeopardy. Prof. Challenger discovers that the planet is about... more » to be engulfed in a poisonous belt of "ether" (astrophysicists now prefer the term "dark matter") & invites his colleagues to attempt to survive the holocaust. With only a supply of oxygen canisters, Challenger tells them: "It is, in my opinion, the end of the world." Barricading themselves into a sealed room like astronauts, the adventurers sit and wait, debating everything from the possibilities of the universe to life after death and the ideal mind; meanwhile, the world falls apart. Intense, sad, and eventually positive, the well written and excellent Doyle has produced a fascinating book about an apocalyptic end of the earth.« less