''Dinosaur Planet'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. McCaffrey has lived in the vicinity of

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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. . Pages 54–55, 68–71, 74. It was a paperback original published in 1978, by Orbit Books (UK) and then by Del Rey Books (US), the fantasy & science fiction

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respectively. A sequel followed in 1984, titled ''The Survivors (Dinosaur Planet II)'', or ''Dinosaur Planet Survivors'' in the US. Jointly they are sometimes called the "Dinosaur Planet series" or sub-series. 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..

Origins

McCaffrey had emigrated to Ireland in 1970, with the second '' Dragonriders of Pern'' book near completion and a contract for the third. That work stalled after she finished ''

Dragonquest ''Dragonquest'' is a science fantasy novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It is the sequel to ''Dragonflight'', set seven years later and the second book in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. ''Dragonquest'' was first published ...

'' (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

Orbit Books. ''Dragonholder'', p. 101 and pp. 71–101 ''passim''.

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 ''The Death of Sleep'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye, published by Baen Books in 1990. It is the second book in the Planet Pirates trilogy and continues the Ireta series that McCaffrey initiated ...

'' 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 ''Sassinak'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon, published by Baen Books in 1990. It is the first book in the Planet Pirates trilogy and continues the Ireta series that McCaffrey initiated with '' Di ...

'' (March 1990), Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon *''

'' (June 1990), Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye *''

Generation Warriors ''Generation Warriors'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon. published by Baen Books in 1991. It concludes the Planet Pirates trilogy (1990–1991), which McCaffrey wrote alternately with Moon and Jod ...

'' (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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinosaur Planet (Novel) 1978 American novels 1978 science fiction novels Novels by Anne McCaffrey Novels about dinosaurs Novels set on fictional planets Orbit Books books