tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post4883711749031529450..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric ReptilesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-70152515850090163032015-04-12T13:18:54.074-04:002015-04-12T13:18:54.074-04:00i saw this book when i was about four years old. a...i saw this book when i was about four years old. an older cousin owned a copy. every time i visited his house i made sure to study the artwork. it looked so very real to me. the elasmosaurus terrified me. to this day i am not afraid of the water...i am frightened of the possibilities of what lurks beneath it's surface. i still think gorgosaurus has the coolest sounding dino name ever. to this day allosaurus is my favorite dinosaur. all thanks to this book. thank you for this article. johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826626604746650253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34452185841978162122015-01-05T14:21:59.304-05:002015-01-05T14:21:59.304-05:00Wow; brings back so many memories. Like a previous...Wow; brings back so many memories. Like a previous comment, this was what dinosaurs looked like (and were named as) when I grew up. Now when I read to my son before bed, I find out everything I knew is wrong!Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-84910854128534046802014-04-15T12:09:50.600-04:002014-04-15T12:09:50.600-04:00Sure it's out of date but for the time it is r...Sure it's out of date but for the time it is responsible for mine and my children s interest in dinosaurs! Thank you for bringing back memories of my elementary school years. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146489132847133645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-29862106622342260992013-09-10T05:45:29.382-04:002013-09-10T05:45:29.382-04:00I have been passionate about dinosaurs since I was...I have been passionate about dinosaurs since I was a child.<br />Awesome post!<br />I enjoyed going through it and the pictures are a very nice touch.<br /><a href="https://www.primescuba.com/essential-equipment/scuba-packages.html" rel="nofollow"> discount scuba gear packages</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-35093407710469376322013-08-21T14:30:24.389-04:002013-08-21T14:30:24.389-04:00Thanks Robert. I lost mine almost 40 years ago and...Thanks Robert. I lost mine almost 40 years ago and have never seen another copy.bustr0https://www.blogger.com/profile/06687054252000488399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-76688175403952684252013-08-21T14:27:31.957-04:002013-08-21T14:27:31.957-04:00I had the pocket sized version too. I lost it on a...I had the pocket sized version too. I lost it on a camping trip. I've never found another copy anywhere on line.bustr0https://www.blogger.com/profile/06687054252000488399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-1824441398519935022013-08-01T10:13:01.565-04:002013-08-01T10:13:01.565-04:00I have. Used to own it way back. Ahh, I loved thes...I have. Used to own it way back. Ahh, I loved these old dinosaur illustrations and the obsolete descriptions of them. Thank god for Robert Bakker!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400860359399271597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-80874718946840275262013-04-20T05:52:33.043-04:002013-04-20T05:52:33.043-04:00Yay, thanks for the pictures! I can't thank yo...Yay, thanks for the pictures! I can't thank you & the wonder of the internet enough for bringing my favourite childhood dinosaur pictures back. A good thing about this book was that it had a timeline along the bottom of the pages explaining the different eras the creatures lived in & basically introduced me as a child to the hugeness of evolutionary timescales.orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887075595535402719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-54705624248225808622012-08-16T15:19:20.667-04:002012-08-16T15:19:20.667-04:00I remembwe this book very well and the other one y...I remembwe this book very well and the other one you reviewed. Love those red Allosaurs!android65marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078611332081647650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-22481315814035257092012-03-03T12:55:31.387-05:002012-03-03T12:55:31.387-05:00This book is sitting on my shelf right now. I'...This book is sitting on my shelf right now. I've had it for over thirty years....Maastrichianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387596306807576265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-52969852612965264992011-12-13T22:20:03.687-05:002011-12-13T22:20:03.687-05:00Like some other people have commented, this book w...Like some other people have commented, this book was one of my favorites from my growing up years, back in the early to mid 70s. I still have my copy, although the binding is starting to give way. I'll keep it as long as it's still remotely solid, though.<br /><br />Thanks for the trip down Mesozoic memory lane!Joe Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836532578111767870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-67866712121353082992011-12-08T09:19:20.624-05:002011-12-08T09:19:20.624-05:00Thanks for the comments everyone. Glad it brought ...Thanks for the comments everyone. Glad it brought back some found memories. (Thanks also to Scott Hamilton - I've fixed it.)Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-22503982840400822672011-12-06T21:57:14.481-05:002011-12-06T21:57:14.481-05:00i actually have 2 copies of this book. different p...i actually have 2 copies of this book. different printings. I always loved this book and still do to this day. I will always picture most dinos the way zallinger, knight and burian painted them.tnthielenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987561678868753828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-4667491153447916762011-12-06T11:43:18.749-05:002011-12-06T11:43:18.749-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-524548673291152892011-12-06T11:43:01.450-05:002011-12-06T11:43:01.450-05:00@Mark Robinson - I have the How and Why Wonder Boo...@Mark Robinson - I have the How and Why Wonder Book in my to-scan pile. Maybe after the semester is over I'll get to it.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-42838622528935691782011-12-06T11:40:20.045-05:002011-12-06T11:40:20.045-05:00A true classic! I also had the smaller square vers...A true classic! I also had the smaller square version of the book in the '70s. It was my favourite dino book until I bought a better one thru a school book program. By "better" I mean more dinos - I was surprised to find that there were more than three sauropods and not just one stegosaur and one ankylosaur.<br /><br />One book that hasn't been reviewed/poked here yet is the <i>How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs</i>. IIRC it had an appalling, bright green, man-in-rubber suit <i>Allosaurus</i> with huge thighs, an emaciated chest, and a lizard-dog head. I think there was also a horse-headed giant ground sloth labelled <i>Iguanodon</i>. Most, if not all, of the pics were knock-offs of others that I later recognised. I think I still might have mine somewhere.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-4169859668685384952011-12-06T02:16:03.735-05:002011-12-06T02:16:03.735-05:00OMG this book is awesome. I had it when I was a ki...OMG this book is awesome. I had it when I was a kid, rediscovered it in a used bookstore about a decade ago, and have been hoarding my copy like freakin' Smaug (who I believe is in the book, somewhere in the Jurassic). In some parallel universe, this is exactly what all dinosaurs looked like. The Platonic ideal of classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-45640306239792473282011-12-05T21:15:21.549-05:002011-12-05T21:15:21.549-05:00Found this book at a library once, and even with t...Found this book at a library once, and even with the benefit of hindsight I quite liked its style.Albertonykushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345306530772709064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-25436137607645769972011-12-05T17:37:45.022-05:002011-12-05T17:37:45.022-05:00Ditto what everyone above says. Get the Brooke Bon...Ditto what everyone above says. Get the Brooke Bond Tea album and the Viewmaster slides and your '60s life will be complete.CWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205174509424035470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-35874176863031509302011-12-05T15:10:24.873-05:002011-12-05T15:10:24.873-05:00Goodness - I remember this book too! One of my fav...Goodness - I remember this book too! One of my favourites when I was but a youngling and I wish I still had a copy today.Mark Wildmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644970562043088893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-62817670261723606162011-12-05T14:14:14.787-05:002011-12-05T14:14:14.787-05:00This book!
I remember this book!
I had it in the...This book!<br /><br />I remember this book!<br /><br />I had it in the early/mid-eighties. When I started school and my grandmother saw the kindergarten "We assume you don't already know how to read, so let us teach you some three-letter words" program, <i>this</i> is the book she took to the administration to get me moved up a few levels. (It was a private school. Things were sort of fluid.)<br /><br />I loved that book.Mad Marley Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110868734638388217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-52632425521631117832011-12-05T09:31:06.418-05:002011-12-05T09:31:06.418-05:00Ooh, I had this one when I was a kid. The artwork ...Ooh, I had this one when I was a kid. The artwork is so great. I think I also had a puzzle that featured that Stegosaurus picture.<br /><br />One slight correction: The second time you link to Dinosaurs of the Earth, you call it Dinosaurs of the World.Scott Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239391361895323698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-69848293886409063782011-12-05T09:07:35.905-05:002011-12-05T09:07:35.905-05:00Has anyone ever seen a small version of this book?...Has anyone ever seen a small version of this book? I had one as a kid. It was about 3"x3". It wasn't an exact copy of this large book but it used the very same illustrations.bustr0https://www.blogger.com/profile/06687054252000488399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-4352281692625641452011-12-05T09:02:47.650-05:002011-12-05T09:02:47.650-05:00My favorite dinosaur book during my single-digit y...My favorite dinosaur book during my single-digit years!Thomas Holtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683354269860984983noreply@blogger.com