Very Fine original black cloth, red titles to spine, in Very Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. An As New copy. Illustrated throughout and with five colour plates by Tony DiTerlizzi. A sequel to Conan Doyle's Lost World.

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Title

Dinosaur Summer

Publisher

New York: Aspect/Warner Books February 1998 First Edition, First Impression 8vo 325pp ill. ISBN 0-446-52098-5, New York

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0446520985

ISBN 13

9780446520980

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

DiTerlizzi, Tony

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

As New

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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

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Synopsis

It's the year 1947, and two film makers and a circus trainer are looking to return the last of the dinosaurs discovered by Professor Challenger to their natural home, the plateau of El Grande in Venezuela.

Review

Remember Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, in which an expedition led by Professor George Edward Challenger discovered an Amazonian plateau where dinosaurs still roamed? In Dinosaur Summer, Greg Bear assumes that Challenger's expedition really took place, and that for nearly 50 years dinosaurs have been relatively commonplace in zoos and circuses throughout the world. But the beasts are not easily kept in captivity, and slowly but surely their numbers are dwindling. Now there is only one dinosaur circus left, and it's shutting down. The dinosaur trainer wants to return his animals to the wild, so an expedition is organised to return the dinos to their nearly inaccessible plateau. Accompanying the group (which includes special effects master Ray Harryhausen) is 15-year-old Peter Belzoni, the son of the National Geographic photographer covering the story. The boy is about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

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