Dinotopia

Dinotopia is the title of a picture book by American author James Gurney. It is a portmanteau word from dinosaurs and Utopia ( utopia ).

Content

On the island of Dinotopia dinosaurs and humans live together in peaceful harmony with each other a jointly created high culture. In contrast to the reality of the dinosaurs, both in a picture book as well as in the feature film partially talk, but always communicate with the people and take as in society as full members participate. The dinosaurs have also developed their own written language. The peacefulness and harmony is an essential part of dinotopischen culture.

The law of Dinotopia is:

1 A water drop raises the ocean    2 There survive all or none    3 Weapons are enemies even to their owners.    4 Give more, take less.    5 The others first, yourself last.    6 Watch, listen and learn.    7 Never make two things at the same time    8 Sing every day.    9 Practice your imagination.   10 Eat to live, do not live to eat.   11, find the light The first letter of the English Code loud sow good seed, which means something like " Sow a good seed from " a kind of Bible correspondence. In the original English version, the last point on the spot with this text is received incomplete, but starts with " Do not ... " - a resident Dinotopias speculated that it could be called "Do not pee in the bath water "; a mnemonic, especially for human inhabitants Dinotopias.

TV Series

Under the same title appeared in a three -part television mini-series, whose plot is based on the images of the book and is usually aired on German television in two parts.