The word "
Dinotopia" could mean one of two things. The first reaction you'd probably have is to think that it's a combination of the words "
utopia" and "
dinosaur". This implies that
Dinotopia is a very nice place to live, with
dinosaurs in it.
Lee Crabb suggested in the book Dinotopia that it in fact was the combination of the
Greek words for "
terrible" and "
place", in the same way that "
dinosaur" is a combination of the
Greek words for "
terrible" (
deinos) and "
lizard" (
sauros) , and the way that "
utopia" is a combination of the
Greek words for "
no" (
ou) and "
place" (
topos).
So, is
Dinotopia an
Utopia of
dinosaurs or a terrible place? You decide. It's just another reason to read the wonderful books.
(Note: It's an
Utopia of
dinosaurs.
Lee Crabb was the only human in the first two books who was unhappy.)