Carnosaur (novel)
1984 novel by John Brosnan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carnosaur (1984) is a horror novel written by Australian author John Brosnan, under the pseudonym of Harry Adam Knight. A film adaptation was made in 1993 by Adam Simon.
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Author | Harry Adam Knight |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction & Horror novel |
Publisher | Star Books |
Publication date | 1984 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 208 (first edition, paperback) |
ISBN | 0-352-31447-8 (first edition, paperback) |
OCLC | 12447251 |
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The novel bears several similarities to Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, though Carnosaur preceded the latter work by six years. Brosnan feared that the public would have thought that his Gollancz reissue of Carnosaur would have been seen as a plagiarism to Jurassic Park. He admitted he liked the scene in the Crichton novel film adaption involving dinosaurs rampaging through a museum, as it bore direct similarities to an incident featured in Carnosaur.[1]