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
Lost Horizon (video game) With the threat over, Fenton and Kim promise Richard to inform his father of what has become of him, before sharing an embrace together. "Lost Horizon" received generally favorable reviews from critics. On GameRankings it currently scores 81.10% based on 10 reviews, and on Metacritic 77/100 based on 24 reviews. Lost Horizon (video game) Lost Horizon is a historical point-and-click adventure video game developed by Animation Arts and published by Deep Silver in 2010 for Microsoft Windows. On October 8, 2013, Animation Arts announced that a sequel for "Lost Horizon" is in development. "Lost Horizon 2" was released on October