Anyway! Well, it seems as if Johnthan Rand has finally gotten to South Dakota. I fondly remember talking to Chris about what he will do to butcher the good name of our state when he gets around to it. Chris predicted that the protagonist would live on a farm outside the state capitol, Pierre. He also claimed that Rand would include aliens or something bogus like that and have the final showdown on Mount Rushmore, like in North By Northwest. I reminded Chris that although farmland is an important part of our state's economy, he will not do enough research to discover that, so it would be more likely that the main character would be a hick in the black hills, like a children's version of Deliverance, or maybe Wrong Turn. Or, he could live on an Indian reservation in the Badlands. I do still agree that there will be something involving Mount Rushmore, though, but I stand by my argument that Rand will not do enough research to discover that about half of our state is farmland, the other half: mountains, mining, and dams.
Here's the title: Savage Dinosaurs of South Dakota. It is basically about a dinosaur oriented theme park located in the middle of nowhere. And what better place to put it than in the middle of South Dakota? After all, it is where all the people in witness protection come. It is about a girl named Autumn (?) and her friend Brady (?) who love dinosaurs. One day, they discover that an eccentric billionaire will be making a theme park oriented around dinosaurs. In fact, the logo is online now.
Actually, no. Whereas that actually had thought and creativity put into it, this just ripped off the idea of a dinosaur theme park and switched out cloned dinosaurs with robots to avoid plagarism. And another thing. Why are they so excited about this millionaire's park if it's just a bunch of robots? Well, Johnathan Rand hasn't ever included robots in his books.
Judging by the look of the park, it looks like the park will take place in the badlands. This is pretty creative. Dinosaurs roamed there long ago and the landscape is beautiful. So, I do support the park taking place there. But I am more curious as to where the kid lives. That is where it gets interesting. To see what stereotypes he will thow at us.
Tell us what you think of the book. Do you think that it will take place at Mount Rushmore? On a farm? In a mountain shack? On a reservation in the badlands?
Anyway, I will review this book as soon as possible. You can read the description here:
http://www.americanchillers.com/
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