The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors (Mass Market Paperback)

by Anne McCaffrey (Author)

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?Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction.?
?The New York Times Book Review
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“Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction.”
—The New York Times Book Review


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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345467213
• ISBN-13: 978-0345467218
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #564,621 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars dinosaur lady, April 19, 2006

By	senior citizen "avid reader" (crystal lake , ill) - See all my reviews

i thoroughly enjoyed the book. there were a few oh-hums but even they had important info to read. this is a good book to read for any dinosaur fan. got out a dinosaur dictionary to look up the animals that exist on the planet and even that was interesting to do. then in the second book is TOR a rock animal who flies, facinating and the nasty heavy-worlders from first book. you wonder if what the book tells you on how the dinosaurs got there could be true. read the book and enjoy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Not PERN but Fun, March 26, 2009

By	S. Simmons "MadieraSkye" (Yemassee, SC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This story may take place in the same universe as PERN but is as unaware of it as they would be of it. It may also be the future or alternate universe of Damia and the FT&T crowd, who knows if technology ever overtook ESP?

Primarily this is a space/planetary adventure complete with aliens and social commentary much like the original Star Trek (of which I am also a fan). If I tell you the plot I've said too much so trust this quick read to entertain and delight and it's a good read aloud story for the 7-13 crowd and a secret pleasure for the adults too.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Disappointment, January 23, 2006

By	Radiy Przchanov "R.C." (Illinois) - See all my reviews

Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors, but even that can't change the fact that I was greatly disappointed by this book.
If you've read the 'Freedom' series, or any of the chronologically first 'Pern' series, then you've read 'Ireta.' It's another rehash of the same old storyline- Beautiful, physically perfect people trapped on an alien planet. How will they ever survive? Probably in the same way all the characters in her previous books survived.
I was able to predict the ending with 100% accuracy from the first ten pages of the book, and though the last few chapters did take a turn for the better, it hardly made the previous several hundred pages worth all the time I devoted to them.
One never really comes to care about the characters- They aren't presented in an endearing way, otherwise, Ireta would have been a much better book to read.