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Perkins, the hotel proprietor, informs Johnson he's stuck until the spring in the town of Deadwood Gulch, where there aren't any laws (179). Johnson's figured that it will cost him $85 to travel express with his crates of bones, and has sold his wagon to raise the funds (185). Dinosaurs? Dragon teeth. Where are the dragons? Lizards. I'm not sure I came across "dragons" yet.
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Sita Raghunanan
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I'm at the end of "Part 2: The Lost World," when Edward Cope sends a cable/telegram to Johnson's family saying Johnson and three others were killed by the Sioux (155). Is it strange the steamboat is called, "Lizzie B." (153)? I think of Lizzie Borden? Recall it was in 1841 when Richard Owen, a physician/anatomist, termed the fossils as those of "Dinosauria"/"terrible lizards" (109). "Elizabeth Rex," by Findley?
— Mar 10, 2026 10:19AM
Sita Raghunanan
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Crichton's, "Dragon Teeth," is intriguing because it's factual: Johnson has written in his journal what dinner with "two giants of paleontological science" was like. Scientific context of 19th-20th centuries is useful. A little skeptical about gap between 2008-2017, as if it's by a ghostwriter? I wouldn't know if I haven't read anything by Crichton. I have "The Andromeda Evolution," by Wilson, but didn't read it yet.
— Mar 06, 2026 11:21AM
