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

[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!