Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time[恐龙帝国]

WhenJamesGurney'sDinotopia:ALandApartfromTimefirstappearedin1992,itwasimmediatelyhailedasafullyimaginedworldofthecaliberofJ.R.R.Tolkien's.Gurney'spremise—ofanundiscoveredislandwherearaceofmysticalhumansco-existsinharmonywithintelligentdinosaurs—hasbeensincereiteratedoverandoverinnumerousfilmsandbyscoresofotherwriters.Now,CallaEditionsbringsGurney'sspectacularartistrytoanewgenerationinthis20thanniversaryedition.Digitallyre-renderedfromtheoriginaltransparencies,Gurney'sdramaticpanoramasofDinotopiaandclose-upcharacterstudiesofitsinhabitants—bothhumanandsaurian—takeonnewvitality.Andasataleofhighadventureanddiscoverytoldasentriesandsketchesinjournalform,Dinotopiapresentsashipwreckedvisitor'sglimpseintoanimaginedsocialorder,aculture,andevenacooperativeinterspeciestechnologythatwillsatisfyloversoffantasyandsciencefictionofallpersuasions.ThiseditionincludesanewAfterwordwrittenbyauthorJamesGurneyaswellasaspecialsectionofbehind-the-scenesstudiesandmaquettesheusedindevelopinghispaintings.