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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780553561937
ISBN number: 0553561936
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: February 01, 1996
Publishing house: Bantam
Release Date: February 01, 1996
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Searching through Outer Mongolia for the missing Professor Angus Starbuck, who discovered a dinosaur bone of modern-day origins, Indiana Jones confronts the region's fiercest warlord and learns of a living triceratops.
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Page 90: Why do I always have to be the one with a plan?
In THE DINOSAUR EGGS, Indy meets with a few interesting but dangerous characters out in China and Mongolia. In China, there's Lao Che who is a ruthless gangster who made his fortune in opium and slavery. That's where Indy met with Wu Han (Lao Che's slave) who joins him in his latest quest of searching for the living dinosaur. In Mongolia, he is faced with General Tzi, the reigning warlord whose deadly weapon is a ferocious pack of wild dogs. Seriously, you'd wish you're dead when you're caught with these hounds. Tzi vows to track down, kill and eat Indy's heart because of Indy's reputation. There are various other characters out there but you can about read them in the story. Walter Granger, one of Indy's oldest and best friends joins him in this deadly adventure. There was no mention of Jack Shannon here. In their journey, they also come into contact with the descendant of Genghis Khan.
This is a story I don't have problem finishing in one sitting and there's no doubt it's so Indy. Max McCoy did a great job with Indy's characterization and that makes me one happy reader. Once again, I got mixed up with the sequence because THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE should be read before THE DINOSAUR EGGS (if you're reading the entire series in sequence, but it's also good as a standalone). Indy has a great sense of humour and I see him 'mature' as I join him on all his adventures on my comfy sofa...
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In this outing set in 1933, Indy joins up with Joan Starbuck and big game hunter Granger to head to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia after Joan shows up with what appears to be a horn from a recently deceased triceratops. I avoided this whole series of books when they very first came out in the 1980s and decided to give a few of them a try now. This book was actually a decent read and had a good Indiana Jones feel to it for the most part despite the ending being drug out a little too long. Indy & company follow in the tracks of real-life dinosaur discoverer Andrews of whom Indy is purportedly partially based. Now I'm not sure if the re-releases had any updated material added to them but this one seemed to fit with great foreshadowing for the newest movie, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The book opens with Indy dealing with Rene Belloq (from Raiders), Nazis, and coincidentally a crystal skull. As an homage to Temple of Doom, Indy ends up in Shanghai were he meets Lao Che for the very first time. And finally there's a few tidbit hints of his father's lifelong search for the grail. Of course this story takes place before all the movies, but I digress and am getting off topic.
Indy and company are being funded by Marcus Brody & his museum to go to the Gobi and find Joan's father and an explanation for the triceratops horn. Good action along the way with a Chinese warlord, wild dog packs, lost world, bandits, a descendant of Genghis Khan, and a one-eared dog the has an affinity to Indy. Again, the ending was a drug out longer than it needed to be and the epilogue returns us to Indy having a tenuous relationship with Belloq (soon to haunt Indy during his career) as Indy attempts to salvage the crystal skull from a sunken u-boat.
Overall, a fun book with enough Indiana Jones feel to enjoy it and accept it into the Indy history although slightly unacceptable when dealing with living dinosaurs in the modern era.
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After examining what appears to be the horn of triceratops that has not been fossilized, Indy sets out for China and Outer Mongolia in search of a living dinosaur. He's joined on his quest with a nun with an attitude named Joan Starbuck whose father, Angus Starbuck, has gone missing looking for dinosaur fossils in Mongolia; and Walter Granger, a seasoned big-game hunter and explorer who has joined Indy on past adventures. Upon arriving in Shanghai, the party is joined by a young Chinese man named Wu Han after Indy saves him from a lifetime of servitude to the notorious gangster Lao Che. Their journey into the wilderness brings them into contact with the descendant of Genghis Khan, the Black (False) Lama (think the anti-Dali Lama), and perhaps the last living triceratops in existence.
The book is framed with a substory about Indy trying to recover a crystal skull stolen from him by the Nazis with the assistance of Rene Belloq. The book also includes an afterward that discusses Roy Chapman Andrews (who discovered the very first fossilized dinosaur eggs in China), the American Museum of Natural History, the legendary allergorhai-horhai, and the coelacanth.
INDIANA JONES AND THE DINOSAUR EGGS may not be the most original action-adventure story, but it isn't too bad. It does a good job of keeping true to the character of Indiana Jones and following the canon and continuity of the series. I enjoyed the introduction of Wu Han and Lao Che who figure prominently in both the INDIANA JONES AND THE EMPEROR'S TOMB video game as well as the beginning of the INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM movie. I also liked the connection to Rene Belloq in the introduction of the book as well as the mention of Joseph Campbell. An excellent read for fans of Indiana Jones.
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Amazing book!!!One hell of a ride!!!Almost as good as philosophers stone!If you love all things Indy:buy this book!
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This story is very fulfilling, Indy is the man along with his friend granger this time. Much much action, and the discoveries are amamazing. This book is very good and I suggest you read this along with many other of the Indiana Jones series!!
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