Re: Would like some opinions about a couple of books

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In a message dated Tue, 19 Feb 2002  9:04:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Sally 
Shelton" <Shelton.Sally@NMNH.SI.EDU> writes:

< As one of the people who did not come off well in this book, may I say that 
no one I know on the government side was contacted by the author in any way? I 
did not know about the book until just before it was published, and neither did 
my colleagues. It would certainly have been better legal and scientific 
reportage if all sides had been allowed to weigh in. But no one I know refused 
to cooperate--we were never even given the chance to do so. Cheers, Sally >

Yes, and that is one of the more obvious problems with the book.  First person 
quotes are few except for those of the Larsons, Sue H., and Dr. Bakker.  It has 
been a while since I read the book, and I will have to check to see whom the 
author actually interviewed in his research.  SVP is cast as the villain of the 
story.
 
One prominent paleontologist who was sent an advance copy for the purposes of a 
quote on the back cover threw it in the trash.

Mary