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All Yesterdays
100 pages
A mind-expanding gallery of prehistoric life that dares to imagine dinosaurs not as movie monsters, but as weird, wonderful, and entirely real animals.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into an alternate-universe natural history museum where the exhibits have suddenly come alive in all their weird, feathered, and fleshy glory. It is a leisurely, visually arresting experience that invites you to linger over stunning, unconventional artwork while the text playfully dismantles decades of paleo-orthodoxy. The mood is one of profound, mind-expanding wonder, blending the rigorous curiosity of science with the boundless creativity of speculative art. The prose is accessible and persuasive, guiding you through thought experiments that make the ancient past feel vibrant and startlingly new. It is an absolute delight for dinosaur lovers, artists, and anyone who thrills at the realization that the natural world is far stranger than we usually dare to imagine.
- Mood
- wonder-filled
- mind-expanding
- speculative
- awe-inspiring
- Tone
- curious
- provocative
- playful
- analytical
- imaginative
- Pace
- leisurely
- Themes
- the limits of scientific knowledge · challenging assumptions · the beauty of the unknown · speculative biology · nature's weirdness
- The writing
- Clear, accessible, and engagingly persuasive, blending scientific rigor with the imaginative flair of a speculative fiction writer.
- The arc
- Moves from familiar scientific grounding into a playful, mind-bending exploration of what might have been, leaving the reader with a profound sense of wonder.
- Who it's for
- Dinosaur enthusiasts, artists, and science lovers who delight in having their childhood assumptions playfully dismantled.
Content notes
- animal death (natural predation)
About the book
"This is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals looked and behaved. As a critical exploration of palaeontological art, All Yesterdays asks questions about what is probable, what is possible, and what is commonly ignored"--P. [4] of cover.
Description from Open Library.
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