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Summary: Awards appreciated...
Review: My thanks for the following two awards being given for this book:Chosen for 2001 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults List by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and American Library Association (ALA), and The Anomalist Awards for the Best Books of 1999.
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Summary: Weirdness in the Third Degree
Review: Pretty good, but spends too much time on Bigfoot. Illustrated well though. Would get 5 stars, but isn't thick enough. Buy It.
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Summary: 200 entries with 60 bios in an affordable book
Review: The book has lots of biographies on some intriguing women and men, not to mention the ones on the hidden animals. Note the authors say they wish they could have written a longer book, but hey, it's 270 pp long, a great overview of cryptozoology in an inexpensive quality paperbound book.
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Summary: Let's be Objective!
Review: The primary hurdle that Cryptozoologists have to face is that of potential ridicule. To suggest that large creatures previously unknown to science exist in this world requires--whether you like it or not--a greater deal of dicipline and scientific fact to back it up.
With that said, one must take an even greater step back to look at the facts. This book does not. Rather, this book argues minute details and tried to propegate, for the most part, the existance of the "legendary" beasts by refuting scientific evidence (not to mention COMMON SENSE).
The Minnesota Iceman is a case in point. Here we have a farmer with a rubber monkey frozen in ice displayed as a real "missing link". Mr. Coleman goes to great--and invalid--lengths to "prove" that this was a real cryptid. Even after the "original" disappeared and was replaced by a "replica", Mr. Coleman argues that the "original" creature was no doubt buried in an unmarked grave--humanity having lost its chance forever to discover a new creature. Bottom line is we had a farmer who wanted to make a couple extra bucks and concocted a sceme to do so. When the pressure got hot, the farmer ditched the frozen ape and made all sorts of excuses as to why the original was not still on display.
Before you rip me a new one for questioning the validity of undiscovered animals, know that I have investigated the subject extensively--and I believe they are out there. My concern is that if books like this continue to be published, the subject will never be taken seriously.
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Summary: One of the best Cryptozoological book I've read for now!
Review: This a very good book. If you guys are into cryptozoology, read this book. This is for mostly beginners who do not know about this new kind of science. Read to find out.
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Summary: this book is a must for any sasquatch researcher
Review: this book by loren coleman is a must for anyone researching cryptozoology. thanks bill green fellow sasquatch researcher. bristol,ct usa
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Summary: Superior
Review: This book helps to list and separate different myths and legends of cryptozoological species. It's perfect if you are a writer looking for information for a book. It's also a good starting point for those interested in pursuing a cryptozoological career. It will familiarize you with the important creatures in your field a little past Bigfoot and El Chupacabra. Coleman provides hope by also including some creatures that once had cryptozoological status until they were discovered and became a part of our society. He gives a brief history of those expeditions, it's very interesting. It's a good reference book and it makes for an interesting coffee table ice breaker.
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Summary: Superior
Review: This book helps to list and separate different myths and legends of cryptozoological species. It's perfect if you are a writer looking for information for a book. It's also a good starting point for those interested in pursuing a cryptozoological career. It will familiarize you with the important creatures in your field a little past Bigfoot and El Chupacabra. Coleman provides hope by also including some creatures that once had cryptozoological status until they were discovered and became a part of our society. He gives a brief history of those expeditions, it's very interesting. It's a good reference book and it makes for an interesting coffee table ice breaker.
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Summary: good, but could've been better
Review: This book is a good overview of many of the more famous cryptids and recent animal discoveries, however WAY too much space is devoted to personalities working in the field, and several of the lesser known cryptids that I was hoping to get information about were left out. Overall still a worthwhile purchase for those of us that cannot afford "On the track of unknown animals".
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Summary: Great find
Review: This book is an incredible read, offering valuable insight on a lesser-known science. Loren Coleman is a fantastic chronicler of "cryptids", the names given to these scarce and unusual beasts. Beasts such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the giant anaconda of the Amazon jungles, the giant octopus, the Kraken, Ogopogo, Champ, the Jersey Devil, the Thunderbird, megamouth shark, the Nandi Bear, the megaladon shark, and el Chupacabra. Cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals, and recently I have taken a big interest in it upon a sighting of Bigfoot in New Mexico's mountains (no joke). This science should not be considered very low, and stereotyped as studied by clueless men and women, because it is not. It is a very intelligent science, offering one of the most intriguing searches--that being, the search for the unknown. Albert Einstein once said that the biggest adventure lies in finding things unknown. Hominology is also featured in this book, which is the study of humankind's closest relatives (Bigfoot, Yeti, Abdominable Snowman), besides apes. Hominology is the bridge between anthropology and zoology. This book will startle you with true accounts of some encounters, short bios of the people who are cryptozoologists, and cryptozoology organizations such as the International Society of Cryptozoology, and, of course, the cryptids themselves. Dig in.
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