Dino Planet Omnibus

[Jax]

Did anyone buy this one when they saw it on the shelf?
http://www.ffbooks.co.uk/c0/c3833.htm
I have to admit I barely bothered looking twice at it since I already had them seperately, and I'm one of those people who will buy a 3rd copy of Dragonsdawn if I see it...
But then again, I've purchased almost all of my paperbacks from secondhand bookshops, and I've only seen this one new, so that automatically puts me off buying it I suppose...

[Tony]

Don't have that particular copy, but I do have "The Ireta Adventure" in hardback, same thing, different title ;)

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/meus/covers/images/dpousa.jpg

[Jax]

Interesting, I was talking to Pat, and she said she's never seen the one with the cover I mentioned, and she wonders if it's a UK cover - do you know? Is the one you have the American version?

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

I've seen this one in stores, but I already had the books separately so I didn't bother. http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345467213.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Tony]

Interesting, I was talking to Pat, and she said she's never seen the one with the cover I mentioned, and she wonders if it's a UK cover - do you know? Is the one you have the American version? It is indeed the USA cover, being published by Delrey.
I'd presume the one you listed is the UK cover, but as I don't have that in my collection, I can't say for sure.
Delrey have also re-released the book as "the Mystery of Ireta"

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0345467213.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Nefermiw]

I've seen this one in stores, but I already had the books separately so I didn't bother. http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345467213.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I bought this one when I was in Denmark in the middle of August. I already had Dinosaur Planet, but I was returning a hard cover I had gotten as a birthday present and had to buy something, so I ended up buying this Ireta omnibus and three Terry Pratchett books.
I hadn't actually read read Dinosaur Planet, even though it has been standing on my bookshelf for years. I started reading it the other day, but have only read a couple of chapters yet - so far I am not very impressed :erm:, but I'm giving it a chance to get better.

[Nefermiw]

Have finished reading it now. I find the first half of the first book confusing (i.e. who is who) and a bit boring, but the other half of the first book is quite good. The second book (Survivors) is better than the first, but I guess there has to be some trouble before a book is really good - no fun reading about stuff where everybody is happy and things are going smoothly :evil:.

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Have finished reading it now. I find the first half of the first book confusing (i.e. who is who) and a bit boring, but the other half of the first book is quite good. The second book (Survivors) is better than the first, but I guess there has to be some trouble before a book is really good - no fun reading about stuff where everybody is happy and things are going smoothly :evil:.
Hmm, I'd have to disagree with Survivors being better... I liked both of them, they were ok, but I was very disapointed with the ending of Survivors. The start was great, and I thought we were really in for some suspense and action, then all of a sudden Sassinak comes down in a big ship and for me, things fizzled out after that. I know that the story lines are connected, but it was SO anticlimactic :( The only redeeming feature was the Thek cathedral and finding out the mystery of the Theks and Ireta, which still wasn't a mind-blowing twist, I saw it coming :shrug: Still need to read Generation Warriors, maybe that will take away the bitter taste.

[Jax]

Hmmm, I can't really rememeber specifics, just generalities, but I know I liked the storyline. The first parts of the book don't have anything to do with the planet pirates series do they, except that Lunzie is there? Geez, I really can't remember :laugh:

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Hmmm, I can't really rememeber specifics, just generalities, but I know I liked the storyline. The first parts of the book don't have anything to do with the planet pirates series do they, except that Lunzie is there? Geez, I really can't remember :laugh:
Yup, you got it right. The first half is mostly featuring Varian and Kai, and them discovering that the next generations of the Heavyworlders have made a landing grid and are planning to claim rights of ownership of Ireta.

[Brenda]

It's complicated...
Death of Sleep: Lunzie goes through numerous cold sleeps, ending with the one on Ireta.

Dinosaur Planet: expands on the last few chapters of Death of Sleep, mostly from Kai and Varian's POV.

Sassinak: Lunzie's great-great-great-ever-so-great grand-whatever is a kid on a colony planet, then pirates attack the colony and she is made a slave, then she is rescued and joins fleet, and is captain of a ship, chasing pirates, who happen to be headed for Ireta, which her ancestress happens to be cold-sleeping on.

Dinosaur Planet Survivors: Kai and Varian wake up, discover the heavyworlders have multiplied and sent for reinforcements, and then the Big Ship comes with Sassinak.

Generation Warriors - trying to get various witnesses back to the big trial - only a lot more complicated than that.

Sassinak and Generation Warriors show Elizabeth Moon's style a great deal.

[Dawn]

That's a great summary of the series, Brenda. I can never remember what order they go in. That helps a lot. :ok:

[Cheryl]

Interesting, I was talking to Pat, and she said she's never seen the one with the cover I mentioned, and she wonders if it's a UK cover - do you know? Is the one you have the American version?
The one you listed is the UK omnibus. I've got details (with cover pics) of all the omnibus editions I've heard of here: http://mccaffrey.srellim.org/series/dpp-biblio.htm#omnibus

[Jax]

Aaah thank you Cherly! I remember the last time I looked I must have not been able to find where you had these! :D

[Blaqriot]

I've seen that in the Books-a-Million over here, But their was only one left.

[Blaqriot]

It was with the import books