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Sci fi/fan books that feature Dinosaurs

  • 07-06-2011 2:37pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭


    Ages ago I read Footprints of Thunder,Sound of Thunder, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, etc and lots of comics featuring Dinosaurs, like any kid I suppose
    I do like my Dinosaur books. However there dont seem to be many around, anyone got any recommendations ?


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  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Neal Asher's "Cowl" features time travel and, for one longish segment, they jump back to the time of dinosaurs. He features a lot of cool monsters in his books as a whole, albeit not dinosaurs.
    Funnily enough I can't think of many others off the top of my head.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,795 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Offhand, Alan Dean Foster wrote a series, Dinotopia I believe.
    As well, Harry Harrison wrote a series "West of Eden", an alternative world with intelligent dinosaurs. IMHO not great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear is ok, but not sure if you'd call it Sci-Fi, but it is, in many ways, a sequel to The Lost World.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I gave up trying to remember more books to add to this thread and resorted to google. Sure enough, someone has compiled an exhaustive list:-

    http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10045


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    I bloody loved Dinotopia when I was a child. I couldn't tell you now if they're any good though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭stylie


    Thanks lads, going to try and get a few online and see how I get on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    Dinosaur Planet and the sequel Dinosaur Planet: The Survivors by Anne McCaffrey (most famous for the dragon riders of Pern series) are ok.


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