- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; First Thus edition (Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553575619
- ISBN-13: 978-0553575613
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 1.9 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 842,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer...
So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.
Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.
So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.
Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bakker is my favourite dino-scientist, and this book does nothing to change that opinion. You can tell that Bakker loves dinosaurs, as his enthusiasm for the subject shouts from every page. You may think that a novel told from a Utahraptor's point of view may be an aquired taste, but for the casual dino-nut or the more"full-on" devotee this book is a cracking read. Full marks Mr. Bakker!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Using fiction to expand the audience for a scientific idea is a novel ploy. Robert Bakker has given us one of the best examples of this technique. In The Dinosaur Heresies, Bakker presented a beautifully written, but highly detailed, account of the likely scenarios of dinosaur existence. The full range of dinosaur life was described with elegant care, overlaid with Bakker's fine wit. But the wealth of information in that book may have deterred some readers from delving into what was basically a serious description. Here, Bakker's simply dumped much of the scientific annotation to provide a similar depiction of dinosaur life.
Raptor Red incorporates a recent find of a large predatory dinosaur. Having positioned the find with its cognomen, Utahraptor, Bakker weaves a highly plausible tale of likely events in this creature's life. Cleverly portraying Raptor Red as female, he gives the "character" a wider range of experiences. Most of these are fully credible based on the increased knowledge gained by teams of paleontologists and volunteers. For example, recent finds indicate dinosaurs, unlike most of today's reptiles, probably stayed with nestlings after the hatch. Bakker has done a credible job in working in this concept and other revisionist thinking about probable dinosaur behaviour.
We must be careful in assessing whether Bakker has taken liberties with levels of dinosaur intelligence. Science has revealed unexpected mental capacity in the minute fruit fly [see Jonathan Weiner's Time, Love, Memory for a fascinating account]. Dinosaurs reigned over the planet for over 150 million years. That's a fine testimonial to their adaptability and capacity for survival. Bakker acknowledges this aptitude at the story's opening by introducing the raptor as a migratory species entering a new territory. From this beginning he goes on to give the raptor emotional capacity, environmental awareness, and almost love. While flirting lightly with anthropomorphism, Bakker deftly maintains the creature's reptilian identity. It's a fine line, but he manages it without granting the animal more intellect than it deserves. He must find a way to impart motivation and without some means of doing so, we wouldn't have had the story. And it's a fine story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Raptor Red is brillant for any dinosaur nut like me. Some bits ,like the first bit, I advise not to read at bedtime. You have to be okay for slightly gory bits and if you like exiting stories this is for you(it's also handy if you know how to pronounce dinosaur names!).
I really enjoyed this book, if you read it I think you will to.
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raptor red and elitedigitaluk
When i first heard about the book on the the web it really caught my attention and being a dino nut I had to have it, when it came i opened the box and saw a fantastic cover but it... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Leo Duckett
"Raptor Red"
I came across the book as an example of good animal fiction and the concept of writing from a dinosaur's point of view seemed very interesting. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by David Brookes
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First time i've had to buy second hand as the book was out of print and didnt know what to expect .....
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Published on 10 Aug 2009 by lakingrools
1st person dinosaur story
Raptor Red is not another story about dinosaurs. It is a story of survival, happiness, distress, fear, and even love... form a dinosaur's point of view. Read more
Published on 18 July 2003 by Eric PLOUVIN
An incredibly gripping Jurassic drama
I wouldn't have thought what Robert Bakker has done in this book was possible! Certainly his academic work grabbed the public imagination, and his factual book "The Dinosaur... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2003 by T. D. Welsh
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