The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors
by Anne McCaffrey
Dinosaur Planet (Collections and Selections — Omnibus 1-2), Ireta (Collections and Selections — Omnibus 01-02), Federated Sentient Planets Universe (Collections and Selections — Ireta Omnibus 1 - 2)
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“Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewThe crew of shipbred technicians sent to the planet Ireta were prepared for a routine mission to catalog flora and fauna and search for new energy sources. Kai and his beautiful co-leader, Varian, the best xenob-vet in the business, followed all the standard procedures, but the result of their investigations was totally unexpected.
When their rescue ship mysteriously show more disappears, they suddenly find themselves surrounded by giant swamp creatures, deadly predators, and terrifying dinosaurs. And a curious change begins to come over many of the crew members—a mutinous change that will lead all of them, in one way or another, into the primitive darkness of a future world that holds many mysteries yet to be revealed. . . . show less
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Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She received a degree in Slavonic languages from Radcliffe College. She worked in advertising for Helena Rubenstein from 1947 to 1952. Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known show more author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors
- Original publication date
- 1978 (Dinosaur Planet) (Dinosaur Planet); 1984 (Dinosaur Planet Survivors) (Dinosaur Planet Survivors)
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- Kai heard Varian's light step echoing in the empty passenger section of the shuttlecraft just as he switched off the communications unit and tripped the tape into storage.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"To the brave, ingenious, and honored survivors of this planet! Including the dinosaurs!"
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