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The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive . It was originally published serially in the Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912 . The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book . The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures .