The technology was set at about the mid to late 1800's level and the books are very high on my list of recommendations for those of you who enjoy art combined with creativity. A place where dinosaurs continued to evolve, along side humans, and formed a utopian community where each member contributed to the society as able, and for the benefit of all. The original concept was a secluded island that had escaped the ravages of time. The books in question, as well as the series I'm speaking of, is Dinotopia: The Complete Series. A few years back, another source of such fantasy was aired on television, derived from a couple of picture books of such high quality that I wondered if author/artist James Gurney might've shared a similar childhood as myself. I never fully outgrew such things and with the advent of the Jurassic Park movies and television shows like Lost World, I was even willing to accept the limitations of the lower budget shows in order to get my "fix" of dinosaurs. As time passed, I also learned to enjoy such classic works of literature as Gulliver's Travels and appreciated the themes the diverse types of entertainment offered me as an impressionable child. Seeing the fantastical beasts bound around, destroying buildings and eating people was always "cool" to me. Movie: I've been a fan of dinosaur movies since watching Godzilla movies back in the 1960's.
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