Ex-cowboy Tom Billings leads a rescue mission to save Bowen Tyler, the protagonist of The Land That Time Forgot. In the midst of hair-raising adventures, he has more trouble keeping his own skin intact than in finding his friend. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

エドガー・ライス・バロウズが描く本作は、失われた大陸カプロナを舞台に、生物進化の神秘と人間の野性を揺さぶる冒険文学の白眉です。最大の魅力は、独自の個体進化という大胆なＳＦ的着想にあります。文明人が太古の恐怖と直面し、剥き出しの自己を再発見していく過程は、読者の生存本能を激しく刺激し、生命が本来持つ根源的な力強さを鮮烈に提示してくれます。 映像版では特撮による古生物の迫力が際立ちますが、原作の真髄は、過酷な自然界の摂理とそこに潜む残酷なまでの美しさの描写にこそ宿っています。映像で世界観を視覚的に補完しつつ、活字を通じてバロウズが込めた壮大な生命のサイクルを深く読み解くことで、この失われた世界の真の衝撃をより多層的に享受できるはずです。