Shangri-La Shangri-La Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia – a permanently happy land, isolated from the world. In the novel, the people who live at Shangri-La are almost immortal, living hundreds of years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly aging in appearance. The name also evokes the imagery of the exoticism of the
Gothic (Paradise Lost album) Gothic (Paradise Lost album) Gothic is the second full-length album released by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. This album has been re-released twice, both of which contain remastered sound. The 2003 re-release of this album appended two remixes of songs from "Lost Paradise", bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless", appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of "Lost Paradise". In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. Allmusic gave "Gothic" a three star mixed review. In June 2005, "Gothic"