Hence I was pleased to discover The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte. I suppose this is a marketing thing, because most children, as I said, go through a dinosaur phase, but books meant for a more grown-up audience can still be a little difficult to find – especially those in the popular science vein, meant more for laypeople than university students or experts.
The problem is, most of these books are geared towards children.
Of course, this means that in terms of books, there are plenty out there for the reader to enjoy should he or she be of a mind to do so. Of course, sifting through all that information is another thing entirely (as is getting around paywalls), but in general, as long as I stick to known reputable sources, the news and information I get is equally reputable. Where I used to have to keep a weather eye out for books about palaeontology, now all I have to do is google the term itself, and I can find an embarrassment of riches in terms of information. Not many childhood obsessions linger well into adulthood, but this one certainly did.īecause of this interest, I’ve always tried my best to keep abreast of the latest palaeontological news and discoveries throughout the world – a task lately made much easier by the Internet. Whatever the case may be, I still remember Jurassic Park very strongly, because it would build whatever interest I had in dinosaurs into a fascination that lingers to this day. I remember my mother hissing at me to behave so that the theatre staff would not think I was too underaged to see the film, and I doubt she would have risked taking me to see such a film if I wasn’t already interested in what that film was showing – which was, of course, the dinosaurs. I don’t recall when my own phase started, but I’m almost certain that it was before I first saw Jurassic Park in the theatre when I was around eight or so. I think almost every person undergoes a dinosaur phase as a child.
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