This week's tale is a sci-fi short story from legendary Sherlock Holmes creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Holmes was not his only bombastic hero, and this short story concerns another of his characters, Professor Challenger.  He was first introduced in The Lost World, and features in a number of Conan Doyle science fiction stories.  He may possess a similar analytical mind to Holmes, and although he is considered one of the greatest scientific minds in his world, Challenger is a brute, a huge specimen with a bristling beard and a quick temper.  This Tale first appeared in 1920, and pits Professor Challenger against the inventor of a fascinating machine with potentially diabolical applications...

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