As mentioned by previous reviewers this is a superbly illustrated picture book. First published in 1992, 'Dinotopia - A land apart from time' is the winner of many awards including a Hugo. This edition includes a new Afterword written by author James Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies and maquettes he used in developing his paintings.Īt last, James Gurney's beautiful Dinotopia picture-books are back in print to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. And as a tale of high adventure and discovery told as entries and sketches in journal form, Dinotopia presents a shipwrecked visitor's glimpse into an imagined social order, a culture, and even a cooperative interspecies technology that will satisfy lovers of fantasy and science fiction of all persuasions. Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, Gurney's dramatic panoramas of Dinotopia and close-up character studies of its inhabitants - both human and saurian - take on new vitality. Now, Calla Editions brings Gurney's spectacular artistry to a new generation in this 20th anniversary edition. Gurney's premise - of an undiscovered island where a race of mystical humans co-exists in harmony with intelligent dinosaurs - has been since reiterated over and over in numerous films and by scores of other writers. When James Gurney's Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time first appeared in 1992, it was immediately hailed as a fully imagined world of the caliber of J.
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