The Maracot Deep

This charming and naive story is exactly the book I would have greatly enjoyed in my childhood. I would not have noticed some drawbacks, e.g. the shallowness of the characters or the uneveness of pacing (as if A.C. Doyle was in a great hurry to finish the story). Still, the author's imagination shin......more

This is one of Doyle's late works, published in 1929, the year before his death. It's a science-fiction story of undersea exploration uneasily (I believe the proper technical Latin term is "whackadoodle") mixed with some spiritualism in the ancient sunken city of Atlantis. It's fun to compare it to......more

Readers who know of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle through his Sherlock Holmes stories, his tales of Sir Nigel in the 14th century, the Napoleonic adventures of Brigadier Gerard or the sci-fi escapades of Professor Challenger may still be unfamiliar with "The Maracot Deep." Published in 1929, only a year be......more

Izskaitīju “Piedzīvojumi. Fantastika. Ceļojumi.” sērijā atlikušās nelasītās grāmatas un apstulbu, šķiet, ka visu laiku pārlecu uz alternatīvo visumu, kur atlikušo grāmatu skaits ir ap piecdesmit. Lai situāciju labotu, nolēmu izlasīt savu bērnības vienu no mīļākajām grāmatām. Par to liecina tas vien,......more