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Title: The last 40 years haven't been kind to this book
Review: Science that is so far off I have a hard time believing that it was thought to be accurate in 1966. Dinosaurs whose only behavior is maniacal attack, even in the case of some herbovores. Prehistoric men who operate pretty much on the same level - savages just gotta be savage, after all. A paleontologist who travels back to the time of the dinosaur and collects no data - mostly just shoots things. Only one female character, who is mostly only happy when she does something to please the male heros. People who make bizarre choices apparantly only because the plot needs them to. No character development, clumsy writing, sloppy editting.Actually, Lester Del Rey didn't even write this. Someone else wrote it to his outline.There was good science fiction written in 1966, but is probably a example of why science fiction used to have such a crummy reputation.
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