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Title: Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time by James Gurney ISBN: 0-06-028003-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 31 July, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.96 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Memories
Comment: I first read this book when I was maybe eight years old; I read it over the course of a few days I was off from school, due to being sick. It was probably one of the best reads of my life (rivalling the first time I read Lord of the Rings). The illustrations were absolutely beautiful, and the story was truly engrossing. The way it was written was interesting as well; written in the form of a journal, but in a very human manner, as though it *was* a journal, rather than just a *story* written as a journal (does that make any sense).
Anyway, quite a few months ago I was home from school again, and out of boredom I picked it up off of my bookshelf. The illustrations are still absolutely beautiful, and the story is still truly engrossing. I read through it in maybe an hour, and was completely blown away. None of the magic which I had felt when I was but a young child had gone away; it was just as wonderful as ever.
If you have a child who is into dinosaurs, or anything fanciful, buy this for them to read or to read with them. It will stick with them (and you) forever...
Rating: 5
Summary: BUY THIS BOOK
Comment: Anyone with an imagination, a love of art, or an interest in dinosaurs will love this book. The illustrations are the best I've ever seen in a book and the story is great. It reminds me of something H.G.Wells would write. I will take good care of this book and pass it down from generation to generation like a family treasure.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Breathe deep. Seek peace."
Comment: When I think of Paradise, I envision Dinotopia. True, it is a book designed mainly to describe a Utopia. But somehow, it comes across as much more than merely some fairy-tale dream or some idealistic imagined land with strange mythology mixed in. Yes, much more.
When you read Dinotopia, the first thing you notice is how it is illustrated. A wonderfully concept art styled, somewhat sketchy looking, yet ultimately gorgeous art is displayed throughout the book. Many of it's illustrations have been "borrowed" (or stolen) as inspiration for other books and movies. Waterfall City and the Canyon City in particular continue to impress me.
But the art of Dinotopia is only half of the book. The other half is the way it is written. Dinotopia is written like it is the lost journal of a scientist who washed up on the island after a shipwreck. Much of the book is seen from his perspective as you discover and learn about the science, technology, scenery, and way of life of Dinotopia and its inhabitants. You come to care about him and his son. And you may indeed come to love Dinotopia as if it were a real place.
It's hard to say what exactly is so compeling about the reality of Dinotopia. For a book without a real source of conflict, without some sort of crisis, it is remarkably interesting. Perhaps it is the technology. Like a wanderer walking through a distant dimension, we find outselves amazed by the wonders of a civilization we never knew existed. Perhaps it is the unity of the people of Dinotopia, combined with their diversity (each region has a different culture, way of living, and style of life, but everyone believes in the same things). Perhaps there is something romantic and exciting about the Skybax riders who soar through the air, which hints at the exciting and wonderful things in life we all dream of experiencing. Perhaps it is the mysteries of the lost World Beneath, which hint at all the wonders of nature and humanity alike which we have yet to discover.
At any rate, Dinotopia touches on something wonderful about human nature and the world we live in. It is full of a scientists longing to understand, and child's sense of wonder. I love Dinotopia. I really think everyone should read this book. Maybe if they did, the world we live in could be a little more united, a little more beautiful, a little more hopeful. A little more...like Dinotopia.
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Title: Dinotopia: The World Beneath by James Gurney ISBN: 0060280069 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title:Dinotopia ASIN: B0000687CX Publisher: Artisan Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.73 |
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Title: Dinotopia: First Flight: Book and Board Game (Dinotopia) by James Gurney ISBN: 0060280077 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Hand of Dinotopia by Alan Dean Foster, James Gurney ISBN: 0060280050 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Story of the Colossal Fossil: The World's Most Complete T. Rex by Patricia Relf, Pat Relf, Sue Science Team of the Field Museum ISBN: 0439099854 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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