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Though he's best known for his Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Conan Doyle also wrote a series of short stories about eccentric scientist Professor Challenger. In this work, originally published in 1913, the professor invites his friends to bring oxygen tanks with them to his London home. There, they gather at the window to watch the end of the world as a layer of poison gas kills all living beings in its path. Most of the action in this slow-moving story, read by Gildart Jackson, is told through the philosophical and theoretical con...Log In or Sign Up to Read More