Gwangi's Book Collection (Page 7 *Snakes*)

[Gwangi]

Long before I started collecting toys I started collecting books and naturally many of them are paleo-related, mostly dinosaurs of course. If you think I have enough dinosaur books you're wrong and should see my stack of fish books instead.

Most of my dinosaur book collection. Blends into the mammal section.


We'll get this one out of the way first. Back when I bought it I had no idea who Allan Feduccia was and probably would not have gotten it if I had. I guess it is best to get both sides of an argument but his as we all know is not very good. The parts on modern bird evolution aren't bad though, just the origin stuff.


Regarding bird origins these are a bit more to my tastes.


Greg Paul. I got the "field guide" signed last year as some of you may recall.


Jack Horner

[Gwangi]

"Our Continent" includes wonderful pieces by Zdenek Burian.






I think that about covers it with the exception of dinosaur novels, those are all packed away.

[ZoPteryx]

Great collection!

How do you like that Sea Dragons book and what's its layout like?  I'm considering getting it.

[Horridus]

Excellent books. Makes me want to share all the crap I've collected in the name of LITC....

[Lio99]

How good is the Princeton's field guide to dinosaurs
and could you take some pics of the inside?

[Horridus]

How good is the Princeton's field guide to dinosaurs?

Definitely worth buying, but beware some of Greg Paul's more unconventional ideas about taxonomy.

[Gwangi]

Excellent books. Makes me want to share all the crap I've collected in the name of LITC....

Thanks. I would like to see the collection you've built though I have seen your posts on LITC. I used to have some books geared towards a younger audience but got rid of them when I got older. Like the toys I wish I hadn't but I don't think I'll try to re-acquire them.

Lio99, the book is definitely worth buying. Sketchy taxonomy aside it is one of the most up-to-date books you can get. The skeletal drawings and number of genera mentioned are more than I've ever seen in one volume. You can "take a peek" inside the book on Amazon.com

[Gwangi]

Great collection!

How do you like that Sea Dragons book and what's its layout like?  I'm considering getting it.

Given the limited number of titles about the subject I thought the book was very well written. It was written by Richard Ellis who personally is one of my favorite authors, he typically writes about marine life past and present. The book has quite a few illustrations but they're all B&W. I can take a couple photos of the inside if you like.

[Libraraptor]

Gwangi, this is a simply stunning collection! I´ll post my book collection here soon, too, then we can see how many books we both have and cherish, I promise there will be more than a handful of those books!

[thriftstoredragon]

Nice collection! I too have Digging Dinosaurs, dinopix, The Dinosaur Heresies, and Kings of Creation. So awesome you have the William Stout book. That has been on my wishlist like forever. I used to check it out constantly from my library in high school. Veiwing your collection my book wishlist has gotten bigger! 

[Tylosaurus]

That's a fine quality Book collection you got there Gwangi Very nice stuff cool to see you have the Dinosaurs by William Stout too, I love that one, it's one of my major favs when it comes to Dino books.

[Gwangi]

Thanks everyone. I got really lucky with the Stout book, I spotted it at a book sale last year for only a dollar or so. I knew when I saw it I had to have it.

[Tylosaurus]

Thanks everyone. I got really lucky with the Stout book, I spotted it at a book sale last year for only a dollar or so. I knew when I saw it I had to have it.

Very nice find man, I have one for use and a second factory sealed As being my favored book I found it more than worthy to have a second factory sealed
There was a second release from year 2000, it had fewer updates written in it, almost got me one of these also, always can try and refind one, but still due to the rarity these books have these days you'd probably pay a very high price for them I reckon.

[Thagirion]

Wow I have a lot of the same books you do. Nice collection. Fun reads.

[Gwangi]

Picked up some more books today for my paleo library. Really looking forward to some of these. I went to a local book sale that had a record number of dinosaur books, many were quite dated and unfortunately it was not in my budget to buy them all.







Not quite paleontology but still relevant.

[DinoFan45]

I can say I have several of them, and have read more. Not all of them yet though.

[Gwangi]

I have not read all of them myself yet. Some I treat more as references and will probably never read cover-to-cover but hopefully I'll get around to all of them eventually. There are other books too that I've read but don't actually own. Books from the library and such.

[Metallisuchus]

Gwangi, since our debate on the likeliness of pack-hunting in Dromies, I'm curious... Have you read Bakker's "Raptor Red", and if you have, what are your thoughts on the book in general?

[Gwangi]

Gwangi, since our debate on the likeliness of pack-hunting in Dromies, I'm curious... Have you read Bakker's "Raptor Red", and if you have, what are your thoughts on the book in general?

I did read the book and I loved it, but as a work of fiction which it was.

[Metallisuchus]

Yeah of course it was fiction. There was talk of doing a "Raptor Red" movie, but I don't see that ever happening, at least not with a half-decent budget. Maybe as a 2 hour documentary with narration.