Casual Rex [Import] [Paperback]

Eric Garcia (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (November 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007106645
• ISBN-13: 978-0007106646
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dino Noir - Part 2, June 1, 2002

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Bruce Crocker "agnostictrickster" (Whittier, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casual Rex (Paperback)

Vincent Rubio is a velociraptor and private investigator working in Los Angeles. If that sentence doesn't sound a bit off to you, then you should read Casual Rex by Eric Garcia. Casual Rex is the second book about Vincent Rubio, P.I., but takes place before the story told in the first book, Anonymous Rex. Vincent and his partner Ernie take on the Progressives, a church/cult that sounds a lot like a religion based in Hollywood, California that attracts some very famous people crossed with the Church Universal and Triumphant. Figuring out this alternative world where dinosaurs didn't go extinct and disguise themselves as humans isn't difficult. Even though Casual Rex and Anonymous Rex have been marketed mainly as mysteries, I think SF fans and dino fans will find a lot to like Mr. Garcia's weird world. I enjoyed Casual Rex even more than Anonymous Rex and look forward to Hot And Sweaty Rex when it comes out. I read paperback copies of both books so that I could preserve my first printing hardbacks in mint condition. I'm betting that Mr. Garcia's early books in the Rex series will be highly collectible, not that my opinion is worth all that much. About my book collecting habit...don't ask, don't ask.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Prequel's Finally Better, November 3, 2004

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Mr. Mischief (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casual Rex (Paperback)

After just picking up Anonymous Rex because the cover caught my eye, I was surprised to find out how witty and well written it is, despite the fact that sci-fi novels really never seem to be good readin'. As you could imagine, I just had to pick up the next one (or in this case, the one before it). This book is truly the work of an articulate marvel. The innuendos and hardened, realistic characters make them seem like everyday joes (pfft, please), in an everyday world (I restate my previous comment). Follow your nose (more than one pun intended, catch them?) to your nearest bookstore to get this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garcia is the best dino-noir writer ever!!, April 17, 2001

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Jelly Troll Morton (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casual Rex: A Novel (Hardcover)

Casual Rex has as interesting a set of characters as The Maltese Pterodactyl, has a plot as intricately woven as the storyline of The Big Extinction, and is as gritty as I the Jurrasic. It's even a better read than Anonymous Rex, which I also rate at five stars.

My one problem with the book was that there were three places in the book where the author was inconsistent in his use of dinosaur species. It bothered me, but when I mention these sort of nits to most people they look at me funny. Oh, well, I guess that's my problem. Us Iguanadons are like that...