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A collection of articles--including one by a leading paleontologist--speculating on the world of the dinosaurs includes contributions by Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford, Michael Bishop, and many others. Cover 1 Contents 8 Kingdom of the Titans-- Robert Silverberg 11 Dinosarus for Adults-- Peter Dodson 14 The Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs-- Sankar Chatterjee 19 Crocamander Quest-- L. Sprague de Camp 27 The First Dinosaurs-- Catherine A. Forster 45 The Feynman Saltation-- Charles Sheffield 53 The Dinosaur Radiations-- Terasa Maryanska 67 Siren Song at Midnight-- Dave Wolverton 81 The Jurassic Period: A Time of Great Change-- David D. Gillette 95 Rhea's Time-- Paul Preuss 105 The Age of Giants-- Anthony R. Fiorillo 119 Shakers of the Earth-- Gregory Benford 129 Dinosaur Predators-- Halszka Osmoloska 139 Hunters in the Forest-- Robert Silverberg 149 The Cretaceous Dinosaurs-- Don Lessem 161 In the Late Cretaceous-- Connie Willis 173 Major League Triceratops-- Barry N. Malzbert 183 Migrating Dinosaurs-- Philip J. Currie 201 Herding With the Hadrosaurs-- Michael Bishop 213 The Behavior of Predatory Dinosaurs-- Ralph Molnar 227 Besides A Dinosaur, Whatta Ya Wanna Be When You Grow Up?-- Ray Bradbury 237 Monsters of the Sea and Air-- Kenneth Carpenter 249 Unnatural Enemy-- Poul Anderson 261 Becoming a Modern World-- William B. Gallagher 271 Dawn of the Endless Night-- Harry Harrison 281 Myths, Theories, and Facts of Dinosaur Extinction-- J. David Archibald 293 The Bone Wars: Cope, Marsh, and American Vertebrate Paleontology, 1865-1900-- Ronald Rainger 306 The Green Buffalo-- Harry Turtledove 323 Appendex 333 Contributors 342 Selected Readings 350 Credits 351 Though they are an extinct species, dinosaurs still live and fascinate the minds of many a scientist and researcher world-over. Dinosaurs are members of a larger group of reptiles called the Archosauria. The essays in this book seek to provide readers with a detailed knowledge of the first dinosaurs that roamed the earth, different carnivorous dinosaur predators that belonged to groups called theropods and dinosaur behavior peculiarities. The book is a complete collection of information on dinosaurs, the periods in which they existed and the reasons why they vanished from the face of the earth. Combines articles by leading paleontologists with dinosaur stories by major science-fiction writers