James Hilton (novelist) picked "Lost Horizon" as its first title in 1939. For that reason, the novel is frequently called the book that began the "paperback revolution." Hilton is said to have been inspired to write "Lost Horizon", and to invent "Shangri-La" by reading the "National Geographic Magazine" articles of Joseph Rock, an Austrian-American botanist and ethnologist exploring the southwestern Chinese provinces and Tibetan borderlands. Still living in Britain at the time, Hilton was perhaps influenced by the Tibetan travel articles of early travellers in Tibet whose writings were found in the British Library. Christian Zeeman, the Danish father of the mathematician Christopher
Caribe Hilton Hotel era of boxing". The national basketball teams of twelve countries also stayed there for 2003's pre-Olympic tournament of the Americas. Some scenes from were filmed in various areas of the hotel, which was called the Caribe Paradise Resort. It is also the setting for Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary". "22 Jump Street" was also filmed in the lobby of the hotel. Caribe Hilton Hotel The Caribe Hilton, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is one of the best-known hotels in the Caribbean. It was the first facility ever operated by Hilton Hotels outside of the continental United States. In