Dinosaur Planet Survivors
1984 novel by Anne McCaffrey
 Sweet cover of early US editions[1] | |
| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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| Cover artist | Darrell Sweet (US)[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ireta[2] |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Orbit Books (UK) Del Rey Books (US) |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Preceded by | Dinosaur Planet |
| Followed by | Sassinak |
Dinosaur Planet Survivors or Survivors: Dinosaur Planet II is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Anne McCaffrey. It is the sequel to Dinosaur Planet (1978) and thus the second book in the Ireta series.[2]
In 1985 the first two books were issued in one omnibus edition, The Ireta Adventure. McCaffrey and co-authors continued the series in 1990 and 1991 with three books sometimes called the Planet Pirates trilogy or series.
Summary
Dinosaur Planet featured the survey of planet Ireta for its mineral wealth. Several mysteries unfolded whose resolution was interrupted by a Heavyworlder mutiny.
After 43 years, survivors of the mutiny are wakened from cold sleep. Their emergency message has been decoded by a Thek who asks questions but not about the mutiny. They tell him about a buried beacon they found, and he immediately leaves without helping them. Forced to survive on their own, they discover that the mutineers have built a settlement and landing grid that could only be used to colonize a planet—in this case, illegally. Several Thek arrive and seize control for their own reasons.
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Survivors: Dinosaur Planet II for White Dwarf #62. The reviewer said that the novel is a 'straight' SF adventure and that McCaffrey never seems interested in it, unlike in her romantic SF/fantasy titles with their dragons and singers. He called her writing "slipshod".[3]
Reviews
- Review by Joseph Nicholas (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #53[4]
- Review by Hal W. Hall (1985) in Fantasy Review, April 1985
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1985) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1985
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References
- ^ a b Dinosaur Planet Survivors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ a b Ireta series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
- ^ Langford, Dave (February 1985). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 62. Games Workshop. p. 9.
- ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?5533
External links
- Ireta series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Works by Anne McCaffrey
Bibliography
- Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997)
- Acorna's Quest (1998)
- Acorna's People (1999)
- Acorna's World (2000)
- Acorna's Search (2001)
- Acorna's Rebels (2003)
- Acorna's Triumph (2004)
- First Warning (2005)
- Second Wave (2006)
- Third Watch (2007)
- The Ship Who Sang (1969)
- PartnerShip (1992)
- The Ship Who Searched (1992)
- The City Who Fought (1993)
- The Ship Who Won (1994)
- Crystal Singer (1982)
- Killashandra (1986)
- Crystal Line (1992)
- Dinosaur Planet (1978)
- Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1984)
- Planet Pirates
- Sassinak (1990)
- The Death of Sleep (1990)
- Generation Warriors (1991)
- To Ride Pegasus (1973)
- Pegasus in Flight (1990)
- Pegasus in Space (2000)
- The Rowan (1990)
- Damia (1992)
- Damia's Children (1993)
- Lyon's Pride (1994)
- The Tower and the Hive (1999)
- Doona
- Catteni, or Freedom
- Freedom: First Resistance
- Petaybee
- Restoree (1967)
- The Coelura (1983)
- A Diversity of Dragons (1997)
- Nimisha's Ship (1999)
- Get Off the Unicorn (1977)
- The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1994)
- Dragonflight
- Dragonquest
- The White Dragon
- Dragonsong
- Dragonsinger
- Dragondrums
- Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
- Nerilka's Story
- Dragonsdawn
- Renegades of Pern
- All the Weyrs of Pern
- The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
- The Dolphins of Pern
- Dragonseye
- The Masterharper of Pern
- The Skies of Pern
- A Gift of Dragons
- Dragon's Kin
- Dragon's Fire
- Dragon Harper
- Dragon's Time
- Sky Dragons
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