Rec | JURASSIC PARK

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the perfect amount of dinosaurs for anyone honestly. need a book that keeps you engaged the whole way through? some classic science fiction with graphs and commentary on scientific discovery interacting with colonization and capitalism? Jurassic Park man

@tricerinatops

May 8, 2024

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