Exotic Zoology
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| Author | Willy Ley |
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| Illustrator | Olga Ley |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1959 |
| ISBN | ISBN:0-517-62545-8 |
| LC Class | 59-8356 |
Exotic Zoology is a 1959 cryptozoological book[1] by Willy Ley, a science writer and space advocate. The illustrator of the book is Olga Ley.[2]
Content
Ley had written a number of books containing scientific oddities; Exotic Zoology collects the cryptozoological matter from those books.[3] Throughout the book he shows examples of organisms that were rumored to exist, or were thought to be impossible, that were shown to be real; and others that were accepted as fact, that were discovered to have never existed: "He speculates about dragons and sea serpents, wingless birds and Abominable Snowmen."[4] The book, in its description of (fictional) peoples and creatures, has been compared to John Mandeville's Travels.[5] Some of the claims have been criticized or ridiculed, for instance the statement that giant squids had left scars on whales of two feet in diameter.[6][7]
Exotic Zoology was not reviewed in many academic journals. An exception was a review in the Science journal, in 1959.[8]
References
- ↑ Stein, Gordon (1996). The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. Prometheus Books. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-57392-021-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=dW8YAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22.
- ↑ "Who illustrated "Exotic Zoology"?". https://literature.stackexchange.com/a/2910/1982.
- ↑ Bille, Matthew A. (2006). Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology. Hancock House. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-88839-612-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=sVYVAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22.
- ↑ "Rev. of Exotic Zoology". Saturday Review 50: 41. 1967. https://books.google.com/books?id=nC7oAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ↑ Preece, Rod (1999). Animals and nature: cultural myths, cultural realities. UBC Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-7748-0724-1. https://archive.org/details/animalsnaturecul0000pree.
- ↑ Ellis, Richard (2006). Monsters of the Sea. Globe Pequot. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-59228-967-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=nzfvYlO1hDcC&pg=PA252.
- ↑ Ellis, Richard (1999). The search for the giant squid. Penguin. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-14-028676-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=70BQqBS2pJsC&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22.
- ↑ Gardner, Thomas S. (1959). "Reviewed Work: Exotic Zoology by Willy Ley". Science 130 (3387): 1469. doi:10.1126/science.130.3387.1469.a.
External links
- A Bibliography of the Works of Willy Ley by Jean M. Perreault, University of Alabama in Huntsville
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