词条 | Exotic Zoology |
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| name = Exotic Zoology | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = Willy Ley | illustrator = Olga Ley | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | subject = | genre = | publisher = Random House | pub_date = 1941 | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = | isbn = 0-517-62545-8 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = 59-8356 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Exotic Zoology is a cryptozoological book[1] by Willy Ley, a science writer and space advocate.[2] The illustrator of the book is Olga Ley.[3] ContentLey had written a number of books containing scientific oddities; Exotic Zoology collects the cryptozoological matter from those books.[4] 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."[5] The book, in its description of (fictional) peoples and creatures, has been compared to John Mandeville's Travels.[6] 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.[7][8] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Stein|first=Gordon|title=The encyclopedia of the paranormal|year=1996|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-1-57392-021-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW8YAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&dq=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&hl=en&ei=RkZITcXGEYnGgAeRm9DUBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCkQ6AEwATge|page=200}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Loren|title=Cryptozoology A to Z: the encyclopedia of loch monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and other authentic mysteries of nature|year=1999|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-684-85602-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZTgX7BZXqoC&pg=PA20|author2=Jerome Clark|page=20}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://literature.stackexchange.com/a/2910/1982|title=Who illustrated "Exotic Zoology"?|website=literature.stackexchange.com|access-date=2017-08-15}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Bille|first=Matthew A.|title=Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology|year=2006|publisher=Hancock House|isbn=978-0-88839-612-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sVYVAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&dq=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&hl=en&ei=RkZITcXGEYnGgAeRm9DUBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBTge|page=216}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Rev. of Exotic Zoology|journal=Saturday Review|year=1967|volume=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nC7oAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&dq=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&hl=en&ei=t0VITZC8D8HegQfWg82JBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAzgU|accessdate=1 February 2011|page=41}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Preece|first=Rod|title=Animals and nature: cultural myths, cultural realities|year=1999|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-0724-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCcwJtu_qQQC&pg=PA277|page=277}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Richard|title=Monsters of the Sea|year=2006|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-59228-967-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzfvYlO1hDcC&pg=PA252|page=252}} 8. ^{{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Richard|title=The search for the giant squid|year=1999|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-028676-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70BQqBS2pJsC&q=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&dq=%22Exotic+Zoology%22+%22willy+ley%22&hl=en&ei=EUhITYm_HIbKgQfqn6DCBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCTgo|page=142}} External links
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