{"id":2018,"date":"2014-03-03T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2023-09-23T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T19:32:20","slug":"the-adventures-of-professor-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2014\/03\/03\/the-adventures-of-professor-challenger\/","title":{"rendered":"The adventures of Professor Challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheWhen it comes to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle<\/strong>, everyone\u00a0<\/em>knows of Sherlock Holmes<\/strong>. Less known are his many historical fiction works. And sadly, also often overlooked is his other major fictional character Professor George Edward Challenger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If people do know of Professor Challenger, it’s through his first work, the classic “The Lost World,” which has been adopted into film several times and inspired many other fictional works.<\/p>\n

In that first novel, we are introduced to the Professor: zoologist, anthropologist, and explorer, who is a large and larger-than-life character. He is immense and imposing, with black hair and a black beard. And he does not suffer fools gladly, likely to get upset and assault people (Phillip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/strong> in his Wold Newton Family<\/a> linked Challenger to Doc Savage<\/a><\/strong>‘s associate “Monk” Mayfair<\/a><\/strong>, making Challenger Monk’s uncle). When reporter Edward Malone<\/strong> (another main character in the series) goes to visit him, he is a bit apprehensive, as the Professor had assaulted several other reporters who had bothered him. Also introduced in that work is Professor Summerlee<\/strong>, and big game hunter Lord John Roxton<\/strong>, both of whom appeared in further works.<\/p>\n

Doyle would write several Challenger works:<\/p>\n