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Dinosaur Planet Survivors

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Survivors: Dinosaur Planet II (UK)
Dinosaur Planet Survivors (US)
Sweet cover of early US editions[1]
AuthorAnne McCaffrey
Cover artistDarrell Sweet (US)[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesIreta[2]
GenreScience fiction
PublisherOrbit Books (UK)
Del Rey Books (US)
Publication date
1984
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
United States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Preceded byDinosaur Planet 
Followed bySassinak 

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dinosaur Planet Survivors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ a b Ireta series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  3. ^ Langford, Dave (February 1985). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 62. Games Workshop. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Title: The Survivors".
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