The Land of Mist and other stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read by Barnaby Edwards
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Professor Challenger, Book 3
Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
Release date: 05-02-13
Publisher: Audible Studios

This is the third and last novel in the “Professor Challenger” series, and is a marked departure from the previous tales. In this novel Challenger becomes a Spiritualist, and the novel strongly promotes the concept of Spiritualism. A belief strongly adopted by the author towards the end of his life.

This novel was first published in a serial form in “The Strand” magazine July 1925-May 1928.

Critics are sharply divided, some love it while other loath it.

When the World Screamed (short story)
Professor Challenger #4
Length: 1hr 24min

When the World Screamed is a story written about Professor Challenger by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in Liberty Magazine, 25 February-3 March 1928.

“When the Earth Screamed” actually has more in common with the earlier Challenger novel, The Poison Belt , since both deal with the concept of the “ether” and the earth’s reaction to it. In this latest story, Challenger has become even more pugnacious and intolerable, reaching full “cartoon” status. The plot is simple and goofy: the earth is a living organism that doesn’t realize humans exist — much like a person doesn’t realize a mosquito exists on its skin until the mosquito bores into the skin (this is Challenger’s comparison). Furthermore, the earth gains its sustenance not from anything on its surface, but from the “ether.” Challenger’s idea: to dig beneath the crust of the earth to “poke” the earth, and let it know that humans exist.

The Disintegration Machine (short story)
Professor Challenger #5
Length: 40min

Professor Challenger is arguing with people who are persistently calling him on the telephone when his young friend Malone, a reporter for the Gazette, enters and requests Challenger accompany him to inspect the discovery of Theodore Nemor, who claims to have invented a machine capable of disintegrating objects. Skeptical of the invention, Challenger accepts Malone’s proposal and accompanies him to the house of Nemor.