侏罗纪公园的恐龙是怎样建成的 THE SCIENCE OF JUR ASSIC PARK AND THE LOST WORLD

Thebestsciencefictionmustbeconsistentwithsciencefact.WiththeblockbusterstatusofMichaelCrichton'sJurassicParkanditssequel,TheLostWorld(LJ9/15/95),itisfairtoask,CoulddinosaursreallybeclonedfromancientDNA?DeSalle,anassociatecuratorattheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork,andLindley,anassociateeditorofScienceNews,donothaveadefinitiveanswer,buttheydoexplorehowitmightpossiblybedone.Theauthorstakeacriticalapproach,questioningeverypremiseandexposingpresumptions.CopiousreferencestoeventsandcharactersinCrichton'sbooksmakefamiliaritywiththemaprerequisite.GeorgeandRobertaPoinar'sQuestforLifeinAmber(LJ9/14/94)wouldbeabetterchoiceforanybodywhohasn'treadthebookorseenthemovie.Still,thisbookwillbenefitgreatlyfromthetie-intotheforthcomingreleaseofthefilmversionofTheLostWorldandwillbeindemandatpubliclibraries.?GreggSapp,Univ.ofMiamiLib.