Re: New Bird/Dinosaur Book

[Ronald Orenstein <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>]

I haven't seen the book, but it's on order!  And as the author is 
Luis Chiappe, I'm sure he shares your view - authors don't usually 
get to write their publisher's blurbs.

At 08:56 PM 15/10/2006, Dora Smith wrote:

> This book has two problems.  First, it costs $70.
>
> Second, it takes the approach that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
>
> A book worth $70 would take the perpsective that birds are 
> dinosaurs, and examine the birdlike characteristics of the other 
> dinosaurs.    If they are going to discuss how birds EVOLVED from 
> dinosaurs, I don't even know whether to expect the dinosaurs to ahve 
> feathers, let alone behaviors that resemble those of modern dinosaurs.
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, TX
> tiggernut24@yahoo.com
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