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Plot Summary of Dinosaur Wars
"An intelligent species of human-sized dinosaur returns from space - now humans are the endangered species! Wildlife biologist Chase Armstrong and rancher's daughter Kit Daniels become mankind's last hope, facing T-rex, deadly megaraptors and other beasts of the past, when they discover the intelligent dinosaurs' lost city under a mountain of sandstone. Dinosaurs, laser-blasting action - and a bit of romance!"
Tom Hopp, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - guns - lasers - spaceship battles - air battles
Adversaries are… - dinosaurs
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
GIANT monster(s) Yes

Main Character
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Mountains - Planet surface, need spacesuit - Space, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City
Which planet? - Earth's Moon
Earth setting: - dinosaur times - near future (later in 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a contemporary society - unfriendly aliens - primitive aliens
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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