KRONOS RISING Deleted Scene 2: the Pliosaur Comes Ashore!
Deleted Scene 2: The Pliosaur Comes Ashore Kronos Rising was my first novel and was originally written in 2004, over a period of nine months (technically twelve, as I took…
Bitten Plesiosaur Paddle Bone Demonstrates how Savage the Jurassic Seas Were.
This small-but-intriguing fossil comes from my display case. It is a fragment of plesiosaur limb bone that shows definitive evidence of predation by Jurassic Period sharks. Although it's difficult to…
Editing With a Sword: How a Few Cuts Could’ve “Saved” the Final Episode of Game of Thrones
Like most people on the planet, I've seen the petitions going around on social media about the final episode of Game of Thrones. Millions of irate Game of Thrones fans…
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Book Vs Movie – Which is Better?
The late Michael Crichton (1942-2008) created some truly wonderful science fiction material: The Andromeda Strain, West World, Eaters of the Dead, Congo, Sphere and, most notably, the Jurassic Park novels.…
Author Max Hawthorne Reveals Disney Resort Prize-Winning Sketch
Four years ago, I was vacationing with my family down at Disney's Art of Animation resort in Orlando, Florida. We were there to celebrate my birthday and my wife thought,…
