Series
Dinosaur Planet
Anne McCaffrey · 2 novels · 1978–1984
Anne McCaffrey's Dinosaur Planet duology (Dinosaur Planet, 1978; Dinosaur Planet: Survivors, 1984) sends a survey team to the planet Ireta to assess its mineral wealth, only for them to find enormous creatures resembling Earth's dinosaurs and be stranded when the mission goes wrong. As supplies dwindle, tension builds between the crew and a faction of heavyworlder mutineers who develop a taste for the local wildlife's flesh, and survival on Ireta becomes its own plot alongside the scientific mystery of how the creatures got there.
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The order the books came out.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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- 1970s1
- 1980s1
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2 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace explorationother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
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Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
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- The Survivorsdarkest · most intense
- Dinosaur Planetbrightest · calmest