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More of my dinosaur-related artwork can be seen in my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery:lexlothor.deviantart.com/galleβ¦
Had the K/T asteroid not impacted the Earth, who is to say how far the Troodonts might have gone?
These Troonauts are observing the transit of the Earth-Moon system across the disc of the Sun as it is setting behind Mons Olympus on Mars. The view was worth the trip. The base of the Solar System's largest volcano is actually far beyond the horizon.
A similar observation was described in Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Transit of Earth".
This scenario has become all the more poingant as I have recently read an account of Joseph Bank's obeservation of the transit of the planet Venus as seen from Taihiti during the 1769 voyage of Capt. Cook.
art & text (c) John P. Alexander
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I bought this at radcon last year. It sits on my craft table where I can be inspired by it when I'm creating. Love your art!
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I did a series of Dinosaurs in Space artcards, So few have sold that I haven't drawn any new ones.
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Maybe that's part of why I loved it. It was unique.Β
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Do you consider it possible in anyway for an active city to be present on the surface of Mars yet to be found by our rovers? If not, would the intense exposure to solar radiation be enough to drive colonists underground?
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Excellent work! By the way, have you ever considered doing any sort of comics or stories featuring your sentient troodontids?
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Yes,
In the early 1980's I was developing this idea for both a novel and "coffee table" book. Then Dougal DixoN published his book on "future" dinosaurs and I abandoned the project. I have only tentatively returned to the subject after 30 years.
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I own a dog-eared copy Dixon's book; it resembles a wildlife guide, if anything. I'm not sure what you had in mind for your coffee table book, but if it was going to feature sentient dinosaurs, then I will dare to guess that it would more resemble a book on cultures, civilizations, and/or anthropology. Am I incorrect? As for your novel, I think it's a pity you didn't write it.
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I have been getting good feedback on my recent drawings so I may revive the project if I can get a publisher interested. MY "Alternate Earths" [AE] series om my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery was developed for the novel.
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Reminds me of Steve Cole's Astrosaurs books.
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I will have to look that book up because this is the fisrt that I have even heard of it.
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They're children's books about dinosaurs who fly spaceships. The main character is a Stegosaurus and the bad guy is (big surprise) a Velociraptor, but there are also a bunch of more obscure dinosaurs like Dracopelta, Gryposaurus, and Vulcanodon.
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That's a relief. It sounds very cartoonish and suggests little resemblance to what I am doing.
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I always liked the idea of sapient troodonts. Where are their feathers?
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They still have feathers on their heads as humans retain hair. As I have drawn them in spacesuits, I have deferred deciding on the rest.
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I was more referring to the feathers on the arms. It looks like they would need more room for them.
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Intersting point. I'll keep that in mind next time.
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Extraordinary concept and nice story attached to it!
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THANX.
Numerous science fiction novels have toyed with this concept.
My next card will be "Dinosaurs Under Europa".
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Sounds pretty interesting to me... kind of dinosaurs on spaceship-submarine I guess. 
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Am I that obvious? I was also thinking about the geysers on Enceledus and the nitrogen vents on Triton.
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It's getting better and better. I'm looking forward to see these artworks.
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