Talk:King Solomon's Mines

The novel is said have been written as a result of a bet he struck, that he could not write a novel as good as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

Did he win the bet? (And furthermore, why would be bet that he could not write a novel as good as Teasure Island? Rather self-deprecating if you ask me. ;) --Brion

I will try and ascertain the outcome. It was maybe slightly less felicitously phrased than I had intended. user:sjc

Having recently read both, he could not have won. Stbalbach 04:25, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently he did make a bet with his brother, his brother didn't believe he could write as good a novel. He did remarkably well.

great books.......

Added a picture of the cover. Hellycopper 00:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lost World

This article gives King Solomon's Mines the credit for starting the "Lost World" genre. I might be wrong, but isn't Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth part of the "Lost World" genre, and wasn't it published earlier? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.27.118.196 (talk • contribs) .

Follow-up discussion at Talk:Lost World (genre). --Stbalbach 01:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]