Dragonfly: The Next Guardian: Difference between revisions

* [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying|Somewhere A Paleontologist Is Crying]]: Completely averted. (Not surprisingly, since it was actually written by a paleontologist). Unlike other fictional books about dinosaurs, all of the dinosaurs in ''The Tale of Dragonfly'' lived at the same time and in the same region. The setting is the Late Cretaceous period in western North America. Besides the fact that the dinosaurs can talk, everything is pretty much scientifically accurate. In fact, ''The Tale of Dragonfly'' may be the most accurate fictional work about dinosaurs ever made.

* [[Stock Dinosaurs]]: Again, also completely averted. Not one stock dinosaur appears in the book. Non-stock relatives that are very similar to their stock cousins are used instead. For example, Dromaeosaurus and Saurornitholestes are used instead of Velociraptor, Daspletosaurus is used instead of [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]], Einiosaurus is used instead of Triceratops, and Alamosaurus is used instead of "Brontosaurus" (really Apatosaurus). The main character is a Troodon, which is a non-stock dinosaur.

* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child|Wouldn't Hurt A Child]]: Averted. Sharptooth kills a baby Saurornitholestes, and he doesn't feel bad about it at all. In fact, he is very proud of himself. Also, the flashback in the second book, where Dragonfly's siblings are all killed by an egg-eating Chirostenotes.