And yet it is true - this book, published barely a dozen years back, was revolutionary at the time but is now accepted wisdom and other advances in dinosaurology are making waves.
Jurassic Park picked up on many of Bakker's wild ideas and now every schoolkid is aware of the link between dinosaurs and birds.
And me, well I enjoyed this book at the time it was published, and I enjoy it every bit as much now. It is a personal look at dinosaurs by a man who knows his subject intimately, and he makes his case in an engaging and very readable fashion.
I've been fascinated by dinosaurs since before I can remember, my parents bought me dinosaur books for my early birthdays, and I bought this book for a somewhat later present to myself.
To anybody contemplating buying, all I can say is: if you like dinosaurs and you are even halfway of a scientific bent, then buy this book!
A very good read, virtually unput-downable, and profusely illustrated in an elegant style by the author's own hand.