Looking for a Good -- Not Necessarily New -- Book?
When the library started its first blog using tumblr™, librarian Michele Risinger posted teasers and reviews of books and online games she found interesting. (Hence the pseudonym “The Techie Librarian.”) This review was among her first postings, and I am particularly attached to it, because I recommended the book to her … and she liked it! So, with her permission, I am republishing her review of Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker, and yes! the library still owns a copy.
First published online on gastonlibrary.tumblr.com on August 9th, 2014 [perma link: https://gastonlibrary.tumblr.com/post/94247699894/title-raptor-red-author-robert-t-bakker]
Title: Raptor Red
Author: Robert T. Bakker
Genre: Yay, dinosaurs!
Contains: Evolutionary theory
This novel was originally published in 1995, just a couple of years after the movie Jurassic Park was released. Bakker, a world-renowned paleontologist, was an unofficial consultant for the film. The novel reads like a documentary — you can almost hear the cultured, British accent in the voice-over in your head (or is that just me?). This superbly well-written tale follows an adult female Utahraptor — referred to as Raptor Red — as she migrates across the North American continent and experiences the difficulties of life during the Cretaceous age. A really interesting perspective on evolution, and romance, in a previous age. [The Techie Librarian]
Me: I stumbled onto this book some years back in the drugstore paperback section. Just a lucky buy. Then I recommended it. The Techie Librarian tells me this is the most re-blogged post!
#books#dinosaurs#Bakker#robert bakker#fiction--Xina Lowe
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