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A visual masterpiece featuring more than 100 works of breathtaking new art, Journey to Chandara joins the original Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and Gurney's two other series creations, Dinotopia: The World Beneath and Dinotopia: First Flight, in exploring a fully rendered world, complete with its own language, geographic locations and history and confluence of cultures and characters. In the spirit of Marco Polo and Gulliver's Travels, Journey to Chandara recounts the journal entries and adventures of explorer Arthur Denison and dinosaur Bix as they explore the exotic eastern realm of James Gurney's Dinotopia.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Fantasy,
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This review is from: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (Hardcover)
This new book delivers all the same enjoyment that the previous books in the series offered, but with the twist of all new places in Dinotopia to explore. James Gurney's imagination just keeps churning out innovative ways to show new and exciting cultures thriving within the continent of Dinotopia. His Art Work is amazing, so rich and full of detail and yet loose and painterly overall. Many would call this illustration, but it is Fine Art all the way. In our world of violence and violent entertainment, James Gurney offers us something much gentler. Within the pages of his books we find the love, honesty and diligent work ethic that we all inwardly crave.You will not be disappointed.
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A journey deeper into Dinotopia,
By M. Murphy "Dinosmart" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (Hardcover)
Journey to Chandara is, in my opinion, the best Dinotopia book written so far. It maintains the journalistic feeling of the first two books (A Land Apart From Time and World Beneath) while exploring new territory and characters. We travel to new cities, such as Bilgewater (built entirely out of ships), the nomadic Jorotongo, Thermana (mentioned, but not visited before), and the extremely exotic Chandara.We get new characters to intrigue us, such as the Liners and Spotters of Sauropolis and their eternal debate on life. The emperor of Chandara is quite a surprise too; he's certainly not what you would expect! One of the best things about Journey to Chandara is that James Gurney allowed fans to help. Fans were allowed to compile a list of cities and their locations, and their information was added to the updated map. Fans from the Official Message Board who visited James Gurney are also painted throughout the book. The art is as astounding as ever. The Hudson River Valley School art style has certainly crept into many of Jim's paintings (Bilgewater, Ruhmsburg, and other landscapes), as well as some distinct Norman Rockwell (mostly in Jorotongo). Many of the paintings are near photorealistic while others maintain the National Geographic diagram style that has worked so well for Gurney. My one problem with the book was the pacing. I sometimes felt that characters and places were introduced and left too quickly. True, this is what would happen on a journey across the island, but I wanted to stay with the characters longer and explore their cities just a little bit more. All in all, this book is a great addition to the saga of Arthur Denison in his explorations of the island. I would highly recommend this book to anyone of any age. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very good addition to the Dinotopia family,
By Jamie N. Stokes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (Hardcover)
Richly illustrated (one of the reasons I grabbed the book) and continues the theme of Arthur Denisons "found journals". Having grabbed the original Dinotopia and First flight, decided I wanted to add this to my collection.Id give it 5 stars, except there seems to be the occasional odd "jump" in the narration, where I felt a bit left behind. Only happened in two spots though. Overall, the rich images,some nearly photo standard, really carry the book, with the text linking it all together. Another visual treat from the imagination of James Gurney, I would recommend it for childeren from about 6 years old to those of us who have kept the child within us (no matter how old you actually are!). I intend to keep these copies not only for my children, but hopefully for their children also. Highly recommended 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Inspiration,
By Sean Samuels "Archangelus" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (Hardcover)
A wonderful story and a beautiful work of art...and a surprising place to find nuggets (reminders) about life's wisdoms. A great buy.
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