Carnosaur
by Harry Adam Knight
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It stood over six feet tall and was the color of dried blood. It was absurdly reminiscent of some giant plucked bird, like an ostrich—but it had the head of a reptile. The partly opened mouth revealed rows of curved, pointed teeth. It was a walking impossibility—a creature that had died out sixty-five million years ago—but it was alive. And it wasn't the only one.In a sleepy rural town, one man's dream had become everyone else's nightmare—and dinosaurs once more roamed the earth.
show more First published in 1984, six years before Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, Harry Adam Knight's Carnosaur is a gory dinosaur-filled romp sure to delight fans of '80s paperback horror fiction.
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tottman Both are stories about trying to bring back dinosaurs, and the ultimately destructive outcome of such an attempt. Carnosaur leans more to the horror side of the equation and Jurassic Park more to the thriller side.
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This was a quick, entertaining read. In parts it was probably a little too quick, particularly towards the end where it seemed like we were getting quick summaries of the aftermath. It was compulsively readable, though, and I think credit is due here for having the idea of genetically engineered dinosaurs years before Crichton's blockbuster work. Definitely worth a look for serious dinosaur fans.
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- This is the novelization. Do not combine with the movie.
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