Dinosaur Summer
As of the writing of this blog, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom has worldwide box office receipts of over 1 billion dollars! That’s a dino-sized chunk of change. I like to think that my book, Jurassic Florida paved the way for the film in our summer of dinosaurs. I also like to think that Salma Hayek has a secret crush on me, but let’s stay on topic, shall we?
When I was a kid, I went through the obligatory dinosaur phase. I had books and plastic figures (my favorites being the glow in the dark pack), bedsheets and shirts.Land of the Lost was a Saturday staple in my house. Me Chaka! Who didn’t want to run from Grumpy at least once? And then there was the cartoon The Herculoids. Trippy show, but I loved dinosaurs in any shape or form.
Oddly enough, the T-rex wasn’t my favorite. I preferred the lumbering Stegosaurus and Triceratops. They looked, to me, like armored tanks. In my little mind, they could plow through a pack of T-rexes and come out the other side without a scratch. Plus, I always loved underdogs.
So, what was your favorite dinosaur and why? I’m going to give away 2 ebooks of Jurassic Florida to randomly drawn responses to the old blog. Have fun channeling your inner child (or current dino-lovin’ adult) and let the world know what team you’re on!
Hunter Shea 
I love all dinosaurs. It’s hard to choose a favorite, but I’ll try. I love the Ankylosaurus. He had such a cute face, I’m thinking, lol. And the
Archaeopteryx is pretty cool. I bet he had beautiful colored feathers.
And last but not least, the Deinonychus. I like him because he’s just a
strange and curious creature.
I can’t believe you you said an ankylosaurus. I have a short story starring them in an upcoming anthology with Severed Press! They were definitely bad ass. Email me at huntershea1@gmail.com so I can send you my book. 🙂
Thank you, Hunter 🙂
Currently writing my own Dino novel and it’s been a ton of fun. Favorite dinosaur? I have to pick just one? I’ll cheat and give two – Deinonychus, because they inspired the raptors in Jurassic Park. Also, Parasaurolophus because I always thought they were cool looking.
Truth be told, is there such a thing as an un-cool dinosaur? 🙂
I love dino books, I pretty much love any creature feature books!! My favourite one is the triceratops because they are strong and awesome looking 🙂
Go team triceratops!!!!
I live in Florida so I am on Team Old Fart. I like raptors.
Hahahaha!!!! Somehow raptors flew under my radar as a kid. Thanks to Jurassic Park, everyone knows about them now.
My favorite is actually a living dinosaur-the Coelacanth!!-when I was a wee lad I read the book called “Fish caught in time” about the discovery of the Coelacanth in 1938 even though they had been thought extinct for millions of years. I wanted to live the life of discovering living dinosaurs all over the world after that!! I only got as far as my back yard on my expeditions but that is another story!! I actually have a bumper sticker from the Crypto Museum up in Portland Maine with the Coelacanth featured on it on my car right now as we speak!!
And it inspired The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I love the Intl Cryptid Museum. I’ve had a couple of book signing there and some of my books were part of the displays. Loren Coleman is an awesome dude. Email me at huntershea1@gmail.com for my book.
Dominic, I had never heard of the Coelacanth, so I looked it up. It is a very interesting fish. Thanks for introducing me to a new, yet old, dinosaur 🙂
The Coelacanth story is quite a story-Also interesting is Mokele Mbembe which is a strong candidate for a dinosaur like creature to still be living. The Mokele Mbembe is said to resemble a Sauropod, and lives in the Congo Basin area. The part that really interests me, is that the Mokele Mbembe creatures are supposed to regularly battle Hippopotamus for territory. Who can beat the image of a modern Hippo fighting a living dinosaur!! That would be so cool to see!!!
That would be amazing. We need to start a cryptid round table. 🙂
I read and review Jurassic Florida and loved it was up all night reading it because it reminds me of the old black and right monster movies from the 50s and 60s, in fact I could see this as a movie from that time or even from this time if they could and would do it right.
Thank you so much, Elizabeth. I promise, you’ll love this one, too! 🙂