The Land That Time Forgot | Techniques
Some literary critics rank the first novella "The Land That Time Forgot" as Burroughs's best work. It has at its center an ingenious concept — that of a world in which the outside world's evolutionary history is lived through from beginning to end by individual people. Burroughs takes care to develop this idea fully, making it a satisfying mystery to be uncovered by the unwilling explorers from the U-boat. Other elements are standard fare for one of Burroughs's adventures. Coincidences appear whenever they will help the plot move forward, and Burroughs seldom offers explanations for...
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