Dinosaur Planet (novel)

Dinosaur Planet
First edition (UK)^[1]
Author	Anne McCaffrey
Cover artist	Melvyn Grant (UK) Darrell Sweet (US)^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Ireta^[2]
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Orbit Books
Publication date	1978
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	189 (first edition)
ISBN	0-86007-948-1 (first)
OCLC	39493412 (Canada)
Followed by	Dinosaur Planet Survivors

Dinosaur Planet is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey.^[3] It was a paperback original published in 1978, by Orbit Books (UK) and then by Del Rey Books (US), the fantasy & science fiction imprints of Futura Publications and Ballantine Books respectively.^[4]

A sequel followed in 1984, titled The Survivors (Dinosaur Planet II),^[5] or Dinosaur Planet Survivors in the US. Jointly they are sometimes called the "Dinosaur Planet series" or sub-series.^[2] They are set on a fictional planet named "Ireta" that some characters call the "dinosaur planet". They became the first two books of the "Ireta series" in 1990, when McCaffrey collaborated with Elizabeth Moon and Jody Lynn Nye to write three "Planet Pirates" novels with the same setting.^[2]

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[Professor Alice Roberts] How do you start to get close to animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago? Dinosaurs (Di-no-saurs - D-di-no-saurs - D-d-di-no-saurs) [Dallas Campbell] Dinosaurs weren't just giant lizards (giant lizards) But a truly unique kind of reptile [Bill Mondy] Dinosaurs roamed for more than 150 million years Dinosaurs roamed in amazing shapes and sizes Very few left evidence of their existence And those bones never cease to fascinate us [Roberts] The more we find, the more complete our understanding Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs [Campbell] There are always new discoveries out there Waiting to be found (Waiting to be found) [Roberts] The more we find, the more complete our understanding Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs (The world of the dinosaurs) [Jack Fortune] Tyrannosaurus, our largest flesh eater the world has ever seen Dinosaurs - all the dinosaurs - Followed a well trod trail to oblivion Rock layers span the age of dinosaurs The deeper the layer, the older the rock At the top - rock from the Cretaceous Below that, the Jurassic And near the bottom, red Triassic badlands When dinosaurs first appeared (When dinosaurs first appeared) [Roberts] The more we find, the more complete our understanding Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs [Nye] 65 million years ago [Nigel Marven] The meteorite smashed into the Earth [Nye] Hurtling toward our planet At 100,000 kilometers an [hour] [Roberts] If we'd never found their bones, we wouldn't ever have known (ever have known) These ancient animals ever existed (never found their bones, we wouldn't ever have known) (ever have known) These ancient animals ever existed The more we find, the more complete our understanding Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs [Campbell] There are always new discoveries out there Waiting to be found (Waiting to be found) [Roberts] The more we find, the more complete our understanding Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs [Campbell] There are always new discoveries out there Utterly awe-inspiring The world of the dinosaurs (Subtitle Rework & Edits by Sam Timmins)

Origins

McCaffrey had emigrated to Ireland in 1970, with the second Dragonriders of Pern book near completion and a contract for the third.^[3] That work stalled after she finished Dragonquest (the second) but the market for children and young adults eventually provided crucial opportunities. Futura Publications (London) signed her to write books about dinosaurs for children, published by its imprint Orbit Books.^[6]

Plot summary

A survey team visits fictional planet Ireta to survey its mineral wealth. Several anomalies are discovered, including some decidedly large animals that resemble prehistoric beings from Earth's history and legend. Before all can be explained, the Heavyworlder "muscle people" mutiny after gaining a taste for flesh and blood.

The Death of Sleep is a prequel to this book, and the fourth section delivers the characters to Ireta, intersecting some of the same plot points.

Ireta series

Dinosaur Planet (1978)
The Survivors (Dinosaur Planet II), or Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1984)
Sassinak (March 1990), Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon
The Death of Sleep (June 1990), Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye
Generation Warriors (1991), Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon

There have been omnibus editions of the two Dinosaur Planet novels as early as 1985 and of three Planet Pirates novels as early as 1993.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Dinosaur Planet title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists cover artists Melvyn Grant for the early UK editions (hard and paper) and the 1980 French edition; Darrell Sweet for the early US editions (paper only); among others, at least three artists for omnibus editions 1985 and later.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ireta series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
^ ^a ^b McCaffrey has lived in the vicinity of Dublin, Ireland since September 1970, when she emigrated from greater New York City at age 44.
• Todd McCaffrey (1999). Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey by her son. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-42217-1. Pages 54–55, 68–71, 74.
^ Dinosaur Planet title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
^ The Survivors (Dinosaur Planet II) 1984 first edition publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
• This is the Canadian release ("price C$3.95") of the second book. For the first book ISFDB lists both British and Canadian releases, which share ISBN, page-count, and cover art.
^ Dragonholder, p. 101 and pp. 71–101 passim.