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The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown Earth civilization. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The genre arose during an era when Westerners were discovering the remnants of lost civilizations around the world, such as the tombs of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the semi-mythical stronghold of Troy, the jungle-shrouded pyramids of the Maya, and the cities and palaces of the empire of Assyria. Thus, real stories of archaeological finds by imperial adventurers succeeded in capturing the public's imagination. Between 1871 and the First World War, the number of published lost world narratives, set in every continent, increased significantly.The genre has similar themes to "mythical kingdoms", such as Atlantis and El Dorado. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works in the genre lost world fiction 27
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Terminal
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Spiral
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Closer
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Freefall
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Deeper
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Tunnels
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The Lost World
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Congo
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The Bowl of Baal
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At the Mountains of Madness
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Lost Horizon
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Dwellers in the Mirage
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The Face in the Abyss
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The Moon Pool
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When the World Shook
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The Lost World
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The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
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Ayesha
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By the Gods Beloved
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An Antarctic Mystery
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The People of the Mist
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She: A History of Adventure
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King Solomon's Mines
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Erewhon
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
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The Coming Race
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