Dragon Teeth by
Michael
Crichton
The
Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science fiction
movie based on Michael
Crichton's 1969 novel. It was the beginning my enjoyment of
the genre and Crichton. For some strange reason he has included
inaccurate portrayal of Mormons in several of his books and does so
here. That would not bother me as much but for the fact that he
researches his science and is known for having his facts in order.
Not so the case with Mormonism.
Michael Crichton is dead, it surprised
me to see a new book authored by him on the NYT top list. But there
is was: Dragon Teeth. The book imagines the
fossil-hunting expeditions of Edward Cope and the rivalry he had with
Othniel Marsh. Come to find out they were real people and the events
records are mainly true as part of the Bone Wars: The
Cope-Marsh rivalry which dominated American science during the second
half of the 19th century. They were the founding fathers of American
paleontology and dinosaurs.
The book is a
quickly paced, engaging historic mishmash of decades of events
condensed into a year’s story, inconsequential read. Does not take
long to read and wouldn't merit the time if required. Nonetheless an
enjoyable digression.
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