2007-09-26 19:43:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Hi Sabrina. LOST HORIZON is one of my very favorite all-time books. It has the distinction of being the first paperback novel. Mr. Hilton coined a word incorporated into our English language that is still used today: Shangri-La! How great is that! I am glad people still read this wonderful book.
Can Shangri-La be for real? Can such a place exist where people live for hundreds of years? Probably not. But you gotta love the ending about the Chinese girl being... "Most old..."
Best.
H
2007-09-26 22:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To sneak in from another angle. The first bombing raid made on Japan was made from Shangri-la according to Franklin Roosevelt. Later there was an Aircraft Carrier of that name. That means Shangri-la did exist and not only over a "Lost Horizon."
2007-09-26 21:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that anything is possible if one puts their mind to it...I know that sounds generic but the mind is a very powerful thing...why can't it invent and even create substatially any place or thing one wants...as for it existing already......it may ...we've just not discovered it .(you and I) but some may have ....
2007-09-26 20:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by punkrockboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in a book, sure. not anywhere else
2007-09-26 19:50:46 · answer #4 · answered by neeeeeelbuddhole 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋