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Post by Himmapaan on Jun 5, 2011 9:39:02 GMT
The Parasaurolophus looks alarmed, rather. ;D
I really like the Stegosaurus and Diplodocus; they're surprisingly good. The latter's head is especially lovely.
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Post by Libraraptor on Jun 12, 2011 9:18:34 GMT
Tyco Dino Riders Brontosaurus...  ...dwarfs all other sauropods who I thought were huge!  |
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Post by crackington on Jun 12, 2011 9:58:54 GMT
Great collection Libraraptor and love the photos of the books.
I'm glad to see that Richard Fortey's "Trilobite!" has been translated into German, he has such a crisp and informative writing style, which I much prefer to say, Dawkins. He draws out the human story in the scientific discoveries and is often quite profound. I've just finished re-reading "Life, an Unauthorised Biography" and would thoroughly recommend it to DTF members.
Has this one been translated into German too?
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Post by Libraraptor on Jun 12, 2011 11:23:41 GMT
Great collection Libraraptor and love the photos of the books. I'm glad to see that Richard Fortey's "Trilobite!" has been translated into German, he has such a crisp and informative writing style, which I much prefer to say, Dawkins. He draws out the human story in the scientific discoveries and is often quite profound. I've just finished re-reading "Life, an Unauthorised Biography" and would thoroughly recommend it to DTF members. Has this one been translated into German too? It has   |
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Post by crackington on Jun 12, 2011 22:48:23 GMT
That's great and thanks for the photo!
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Post by Libraraptor on Jun 20, 2011 20:31:45 GMT
 Two Uintatherium (Starlux and  ) and  Two Deinotherium (Starlux and Bullyland) |
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Post by sbell on Jun 20, 2011 20:42:27 GMT
Two Uintatherium (Starlux and ) The grey uintathere is from JaRu (a company that otherwise made poor copies of Marx and MPC figures, but made their own decent Uintatherium and Macrauchenia). |
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Post by Libraraptor on Jun 20, 2011 20:47:16 GMT
Thank you for the information, sbell!
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 5, 2011 20:31:28 GMT
 AAA Entelodont  And "Projekt Dino" - a book about the second German dino digging in Africa after Janentsch´s Tendaguru 100 or so years ago. In Niger, Spinophorosaurus and Nigersaurus were discovered by a team of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Braunschweig. A nice, recommendable book! |
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 29, 2011 17:17:04 GMT
 I recently found this nice book! I have no ambitions to mend my lack of talent in drawing (see "Why libraraptor can´t contribute... " in the "Art" section), but there are a few nice pictures inside!  Here I gathered my Spinosaurs! |
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Post by Libraraptor on Sept 8, 2011 22:42:51 GMT
Three books I love!  |
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Post by gwangi on Sept 9, 2011 2:15:04 GMT
Oh wow. I remember checking those books out all the time when I was in school, been keeping an eye out for them ever since. I've never seen the Man after Man book though, what is that one like?
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Post by Libraraptor on Sept 9, 2011 6:51:56 GMT
Oh wow. I remember checking those books out all the time when I was in school, been keeping an eye out for them ever since. I've never seen the Man after Man book though, what is that one like? The author weaves different stories around natural and genetically engineered new human species, giving individuals from those new species names. There is, however, one basic thesis in the book: That some of us will eventually leave Earth to settle space, while some of us or our genetic modifications stay on Earth and diversify into a lot of different species. The book ends quite pessimistic: In five or so million years our distant relatives, having evolved somewhere out in space, come back to settle a lifeless Earth, where some humans breed Jabba-like creatures as fat and meat reserves. It´s all a little confusing and one canrecognise the author lost his coolness of the first two books, losing the plot more than once. And Homo sapiens sapiens even sets out his own natural evolution to a certain extend, so why evolve on? Nevertheless it´s a quite fascinating science fiction. Wow, now I´ve given a micro review of the book! |
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 9, 2011 8:28:16 GMT
Three books I love! I was wondering - is "After Man" the original version of the German title "Geschöpfe der Zukunft"? I've seen that you've written a review of the latter at amazon.de and it seems both have a foreword by Desmond Morris so I thought I'd just ask you since the original title isn't listed in the book's imprint. |
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Post by crazycrowman on Sept 9, 2011 11:06:35 GMT
Love those books Never heard of Man after Man though...I'll have to check that one out! |
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Post by Libraraptor on Sept 10, 2011 17:05:17 GMT
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Post by crazycrowman on Sept 10, 2011 17:47:49 GMT
Wow, that is prohibitively expensive.
I fortunately own "After Man" & "The New Dinosaurs" already. I'll have to keep my eye out for the other.
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Post by Libraraptor on Sept 10, 2011 17:55:54 GMT
I bought it for much less, it seems to rise in value. But as I mentioned above, it really is not as good as the other two.
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Post by sbell on Sept 10, 2011 18:29:11 GMT
The funny thing is I was looking over books for sale at an SVP meeting, and came across that book (and another, by him). As I was commenting to a friend how I enjoyed the books as a kid--I looked behind me and met Dougal Dixon! He told me he would sign the books if I bought them...but I was a poor student, and couldn't afford the asking price (which was, at best, $20 each). In retrospect it would have been a good investment for the future. And now there are two less signed books.  |
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 3, 2011 9:36:04 GMT
 I have three Marolins / PLAHOS from Ex- GDR. Two Brontosaurus and one Megatherium. It seems to be rare, it´s not even listed at Randy Knolls page. I think of selling some other stuff so I can specialize on monochrome monsters. But I can´t let my Schleichs or Bullys go yet... |
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