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| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Melvyn Grant (UK) Darrell Sweet (US)[1] |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ireta[2] |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Orbit Books |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| 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]
- ^ 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 Ireta series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
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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.