Book question.

[ceebee_eebee]

Ok. As I'm sure most of you are aware, I am an extremely monomaniacal individual. My obsessions come hard and fast and then they are done when I move onto the next shiny thing that I can't stop thinking about for more than 5 seconds at a time.

On occasion, I have obsessions that crop up again and again. One of those is...well, paleontology in a general sense. The Cambrian explosion, trilobites, dimetrodons, the Permian mass extinction, DINOSAURS!!!

So, when the Discovery Channel started showing the new miniseries Clash of the Dinosaurs (AWESOME, BTW!) I got hooked and now I can't stop thinking about this shit. I've already ordered a bunch of scientific books for the layperson on the subjects and reread Jurassic Park and the Lost World.

HERE IS MY QUESTION, GREAT FLIST. Why the hell isn't there more dinosaur fiction available? I NEED MORE DINO FIC!

If you have read anything that a lover of extinct creatures and the whole Jurassic Park situation might enjoy, PLEASE REC IT TO ME RIGHT NOW! I beg you. I'm desperate for more paleo-fiction.

Comments

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

have you ever read sir arthur conan doyle's the lost world? it's great fun, though obviously not terribly scientifically accurate as it was written in about 1906. there's also a sequel to that written by greg bear, dinosaur summer which is set in an alternate universe where the events of the lost world really happened and affected human society and there are dinosaur corcuses and such. also ray harryhausen is a character in the book!

i've always loved everything written by stephen jay gould. meanwhile i am so behind on the scientific books for the layman. bob bakker and john horner and michael novacek are all a bit out of date :( list some of the ones you've ordered cos i want to catch up!

edit: although bakker did write a book about the life of a velociraptor called raptor red. also there was a short-lived comic series in the nineties by steve bissette about the birth and life of a tyrannosaurus rex. only four issues ever published, which is sad because it was brilliant.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Hell yes! Back when I was little (I mean not SUPER little, but you understand) my dad and I read all the Conan Doyle books together. ;-)

I've uncovered a few cool looking fiction works but it looks like most are out of print or only available online which is SO FRIGGIN ANNOYING BECAUSE I WANT THEM NOW NOW NOW!!!

Speaking of Bob Bakker, this looks pretty cool:

Raptor Red (http://www.amazon.com/Raptor-Red-Robert-T-Bakker/dp/0553575619/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260294382&sr=8-4)

As for the ones I ordered, I only got three to start with or I'll get overwhelmed. I got the Gould book. And also these two which had the best reviews:

Crucible of Creation (http://www.amazon.com/Crucible-Creation-Burgess-Shale-Animals/dp/0192862022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260294467&sr=1-1)

When Life Nearly Died (http://www.amazon.com/When-Life-Nearly-Died-Extinction/dp/050028573X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260294493&sr=1-1)

Once I get sick of the Cambrian Era I'll probably start in on the Dino science books. If you have any recs, I'll gladly take those.

ETA: Oops. I missed YOUR ETA. ;-)

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

lols, i was editing in the raptor red thing while you were replying. i remember when it came out, even though i still haven't read it. also:

http://comicimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tyrant4-mouth_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg

although one of the best dinosaur illustrators *and* researchers around is definitely gregory paul, so i reccomend anything he's worked on. apparently he's got a new book coming out soon. yay!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/africa_enl_1101130243/img/1.jpg

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Comic Impact objects to deep-linking, woe, but that second illo is ace!