Editing Dinotopia (section)

===''A Land Apart from Time''===
In ''Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time'' (1992),<ref>{{cite book |last=Gurney |first=James |author-link=James Gurney |title=Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time |date=17 November 2011 |isbn=978-1-60660-022-1}}</ref><ref name=Dinotopia>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinotopia.com/index.html |title=Dinotopia |publisher=Dinotopia |access-date=8 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807202738/http://www.dinotopia.com/index.html |archive-date=7 August 2011  }}</ref> the Denisons are shipwrecked near Dinotopia and, after making it ashore, are found by the people of the Hatchery. The [[Hatchery]] is a place where dinosaurs are born, tended by both dinosaurs and humans. The Denisons then set out to explore the island, hoping to find a means of returning to their old lives.

Arthur and Will undergo a broad journey, circling the island, as they endeavor to learn the customs and culture of their new neighbors. Arthur in particular develops an interest in the scientific accomplishments of the natives, which far exceed that of any human culture. Among the subjects he studies are the flora of the island, the partnership of its inhabitants, and the [[existence]] of a place known as the World Beneath. This World Beneath is an explanation for Dinotopians surviving the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|saurian extinction]]; according to the story, most of the Earth's dinosaurs were destroyed, whilst a few hid in vast caverns. These few became the original Dinotopians. No one has entered the World Beneath for centuries, but Arthur intends to do so.

His son Will, on the other hand, has chosen to train as a messenger of the sky; a Skybax rider, who lives in [[symbiosis]] with his mount, the great ''[[Quetzalcoatlus]]'' (nicknamed [[Skybax]]), a species of [[pterosaur]]. Training alongside Will is a girl called Sylvia, with whom Will falls in love.  Arthur, for his part, travels into the World Beneath, at the same time that Will and Sylvia are learning to fly with the Skybax. When he returns, he is fascinated by the ancient relics found there and is convinced that they may be key in enabling him to leave or explore the island. Will is at the time too young to marry Sylvia, but it is promised that they will. Arthur recognizes that his son has grown up, and they each accept the changes that are results of their new lives on the island.