Yearly Archives: 2012

What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Now that real science has caught up to my fiction writing, I think the time is right for a new Hollywood screen image of the dinosaur. Sorry Jurassic Park, but your T rex is obsolete. Continue reading →

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Kra Phylogeny

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Tom Hopp

As time has progressed, fictional dinosaurs have gotten less slimy, less scaly, less cold blooded, and more feathery, more intelligent, and more dangerous in turn, up to and including wielding world-destroying power. Continue reading →

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Praise for John Carter

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Never in any film until now, have I felt myself getting a little dewy eyed during a battle scene — but this movie got that reaction. Continue reading →

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Where have all the cities gone?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Let’s take a look at the question of how a 65 million year old civilization could vanish leaving no detectable trace. Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Killer Hormone

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Tom Hopp

At my company, CGT, we’re developing a vaccine that can block the function of a cancer hormone, giving patients a better fighting chance to resist and destroy the tumors that are trying to destroy them. Continue reading →

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Presenting the Wooly Pachyrhinosaurus

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Here’s the latest in dinosaur fashions: fur! Continue reading →

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Saving Pachyrhinosaurus Published!

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Happy reading. I guarantee you’ll never look upon dinosaurs as big sluggish stomping lizards again! Continue reading →

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The Jihad Virus Revisited

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Tom Hopp

I’ve just begun to revamp my third novel, The Jihad Virus for re-issue as an ebook. The reviews of the original were generally raves, although lack of good distribution by my former publisher kept it off the bestseller lists. This time around, maybe things will be different. Continue reading →

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Candle smoke is bad for you

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Tom Hopp

We all should take it upon ourselves to complain to those who foist candles on us everywhere like cigarettes once were: WE WON’T INHALE YOUR POISON ANY MORE! Continue reading →

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A Girl, Her Pony — And T-Rex!

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Kit Daniels named her quarter horse “Lucky,” but as you can see, Kit and Lucky may not be so lucky after all unless the old mare can put some distance between her and that hungry Tyrannosaurus. Continue reading →

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