Dinotopia The Sunstone Odyssey Microsoft X-box used video game available for sale. Find great deals on eBay for dinotopia game and dinotopia game boy. Shop with confidence. Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time. Dinotopia is a fictional created by author and illustrator. It is the setting for the book series with which it shares its name. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dinotopia is an isolated island inhabited by shipwrecked humans and who have learned to coexist peacefully as a single society. The first book was published in 1992 and has 'appeared in 18 languages in more than 30 countries and sold two million copies.' Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and Dinotopia: The World Beneath both won for best original artwork. Since its original publication, over twenty Dinotopia books have been published by various authors to expand the series. A live-action TV mini-series, a brief live-action TV series, an animated film, and several video games have also been released. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Gurney's assignments for required him to work with archaeologists to envision and paint ancient cities that no one alive today has ever seen. This inspired him to imagine his own, so he painted 'Waterfall City' and 'Dinosaur parade'. These were originally done as art prints for collectors. He later decided to create an imaginary island based on these paintings. Rather than digital tools, Gurney used ' studies, thumbnail sketches, models photographed in costume and original cardboard or clay ' to create 150 oil paintings for his 2007 Dinotopia book. He called the series 'Dinotopia': a of ' and '. In 'Dinotopia' (Δεινοτοπία) means 'terrible place' or 'land of suffering' (cf. 'dinosaur' (δεινόσαυρος), which literally means 'terrible lizard'). Many have claimed that some scenes in the film (particularly those in the city of on ) unfairly copy images from Gurney's books. Gurney acknowledges the resemblance but has remained positive about it. In 1994, director had met with producers to discuss some of the concepts and visuals behind a Dinotopia movie that was never made. The island [ ] Upon the hidden island of Dinotopia, humans and dinosaurs live and work together in harmony with one another and with the Earth itself. It is a place of beauty and wonder lost to the rest of the world. The island is surrounded by a storm system and dangerous reefs that prevent safe travel to or from the island. Aside from a highly diverse ecosystem ranging from deserts to mountains to swamps, Dinotopia also has an extensive system of natural and man-made caves. The dinosaurs, according to their own legends, have inhabited the island for millions of years, having sought shelter in the underground caverns during the climate changes that caused the elsewhere on the planet. The caverns are referred to as the World Beneath, and many dinosaurs go there to die. According to legends, a half-man-half being named Ogthar climbed down there (where the sun is said to sleep at night) and stole pieces of it (known as 'sunstones'), using them to create the empire of Poseidos and populating it with metal dinosaurs. However, the sea grew angry with the artificial city and rose to destroy it. It is implied that this is where the Atlantis myth originated. Dinotopia written in the and Dinotopian scripts. The human population consists of shipwrecked travelers called Dolphinbacks (who are often rescued and brought to shore by ) and the descendants of such arrivals. As such, they often fall into cultural zones based on the societies from whence their ancestors came, creating a cultural landscape across the island that is both unified and incredibly diverse. Dinosaurs are not the only prehistoric creatures on the island. In the higher regions of the Forbidden Mountains (a Himalaya-like mountain chain),,,,, and other prehistoric mammals can be found. Basal are present as well; at least one and one can be found in the city of Pooktook. Are also common, especially the, which serve as steeds for the skybax messenger riders. The seas surrounding the island are completely inhabited by prehistoric life such as and, as well as an unknown species of. The center of the island is made up of a dense rainforest called the 'Rainy Basin'. This place is where most of the island's large carnivores live, such as,, and. They are just as sentient as the other dinosaurs on the island but must be kept apart due to their instinctual need to hunt. They have their own language yet it is very deep and guttural and difficult even for other dinosaurs to speak or understand fluently. The Basin is cut off from the rest of the island by a series of retractable bridges. There are caravans that make passages through the basin and are made up by very large sauropod dinosaurs outfitted with heavy suits of armor studded with sharp spikes and carry offerings of meat to appease any carnivores they meet. Often, a dinosaur that senses it will die soon will make a pilgrimage to the basin and die there so that it may be eaten by the carnivores and continue to contribute to the good of the island as a whole.
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