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* AntiMagic: In ''The Ropemaker''
* CosyCatastrophe: The Changes
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* EmergencyTransformation: ''Eva''
* CosyCatastrophe: The Changes
* DugTooDeep: ''Annerton Pit''
* EmergencyTransformation: ''Eva''
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%% * AntiMagic: In ''The Ropemaker''
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* OneMillionBC: ''Bone From a Dry Sea'' is partly set four million years ago in a culture based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis aquatic ape hypothesis]], and partly MeanwhileInTheFuture following the archaeologist who's digging up its remains.
** "The Kin" series is set in a mostly realistic depiction of early homosapiens around the time of the migration out of Africa.
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** "The Kin" series is set in a mostly realistic depiction of early homosapiens around the time of the migration out of Africa.
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* ''Literature/{{Eva}}'', about a girl who wakes up as a chimpanzee.
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His works include the Changes trilogy -- ''The Weathermonger'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Devil's Children'' -- in which a mysterious supernatural force causes modern England to revert to medieval levels of society and technology, and ''The Flight of Dragons'', a mock-scholarly work which claimed that dragons really existed, and flew and breathed fire by means of large amounts of hydrogen generated as a metabolic by-product. The Changes trilogy was adapted loosely for television in 1975, and ''The Flight of Dragons'' even more loosely into [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons an animated film]] in 1986.
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His works include the include:
* The Changes trilogy -- ''The Weathermonger'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Devil's Children'' -- in which a mysterious supernatural force causes modern England to revert to medieval levels of society andtechnology, and technology,
* ''The Flight of Dragons'', a mock-scholarly work which claimed that dragons really existed, and flew and breathed fire by means of large amounts of hydrogen generated as a metabolicby-product. by-product.
* "The Kin" - A prehistoric YA series nominated for the Whitbread award. Consists for 4 books named after individual characters, later published as a single volume.
* "The Blue Hawk" - A novel about a young boy rebelling against a theocratic society, loosely resembling ancient egypt.
* He has also written a number of adult mystery books, including the James Pibble mysteries and Princess Louise mysteries.
The Changes trilogy was adapted loosely for television in 1975, and ''The Flight of Dragons'' even more loosely into [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons an animated film]] in 1986.
* The Changes trilogy -- ''The Weathermonger'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Devil's Children'' -- in which a mysterious supernatural force causes modern England to revert to medieval levels of society and
* ''The Flight of Dragons'', a mock-scholarly work which claimed that dragons really existed, and flew and breathed fire by means of large amounts of hydrogen generated as a metabolic
* "The Kin" - A prehistoric YA series nominated for the Whitbread award. Consists for 4 books named after individual characters, later published as a single volume.
* "The Blue Hawk" - A novel about a young boy rebelling against a theocratic society, loosely resembling ancient egypt.
* He has also written a number of adult mystery books, including the James Pibble mysteries and Princess Louise mysteries.
The Changes trilogy was adapted loosely for television in 1975, and ''The Flight of Dragons'' even more loosely into [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons an animated film]] in 1986.
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** "The Kin" series is set in a mostly realistic depiction of early homosapiens around the time of the migration out of Africa.
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* {{Technophobia}}: The trilogy ''The Changes'' has British people suddenly becoming violently technophobic [[spoiler:under what turns out to be a malevolent extra-terrestrial influence]].
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Peter Dickinson is a prolific British[[labelnote:*]]He has spent most of his life in England, but was born in Northern Rhodesia in the days when it was part of the British Empire[[/labelnote]] author, who is known both for his crime fiction and for his books for younger readers, of which many are SF.
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Peter Dickinson is (1927 – 2015) was a prolific British[[labelnote:*]]He has British[[note]]He spent most of his life in England, but was born in Northern Rhodesia in the days when it was part of the British Empire[[/labelnote]] Empire[[/note]] author, who is known both for his crime fiction and for his books for younger readers, of which many are SF.
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* {{Big Badass Bird of Prey}}: In ''The Blue Hawk''
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Peter Dickinson is a prolific British[[labelnote:*]]He has spent most of his life in England, but was born in Northern Rhodesia in the days when it was part of the British Empire[[/labelnote]] author, who is known both for his crime fiction and for his books for younger readers, of which many are SF.
His works include the Changes trilogy -- ''The Weathermonger'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Devil's Children'' -- in which a mysterious supernatural force causes modern England to revert to medieval levels of society and technology, and ''The Flight of Dragons'', a mock-scholarly work which claimed that dragons really existed, and flew and breathed fire by means of large amounts of hydrogen generated as a metabolic by-product. The Changes trilogy was adapted loosely for television in 1975, and ''The Flight of Dragons'' even more loosely into [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons an animated film]] in 1986.
He was awarded an OBE for services to Literature in 2009.
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!!Peter Dickinson's works provide examples of:
* AlternateHistory: ''King and Joker'' and ''Skeleton-in-Waiting'', set in a history where Edward VII's eldest son lived to become king.
* AntiMagic: In ''The Ropemaker''
* CosyCatastrophe: The Changes
* DugTooDeep: ''Annerton Pit''
* EmergencyTransformation: ''Eva''
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: ''The Flight of Dragons''
* {{Prequel}}: The Changes trilogy was written in reverse order -- first ''The Weathermonger'', set at the end of the Changes, then ''Heartsease'', set in their midst, then ''The Devil's Children'', set at their beginning.
* SplitAtBirth: ''The Lion Tamer's Daughter''
* WhenSheSmiles: In one of the stories in the collection ''Water: Tales of the Elemental Spirits'', the main character is described as one of these ("Her face lit up with kindness and humor and intelligence.") The same phrase, in an non-ironic echo, is used to describe her LoveInterest.
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His works include the Changes trilogy -- ''The Weathermonger'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Devil's Children'' -- in which a mysterious supernatural force causes modern England to revert to medieval levels of society and technology, and ''The Flight of Dragons'', a mock-scholarly work which claimed that dragons really existed, and flew and breathed fire by means of large amounts of hydrogen generated as a metabolic by-product. The Changes trilogy was adapted loosely for television in 1975, and ''The Flight of Dragons'' even more loosely into [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons an animated film]] in 1986.
He was awarded an OBE for services to Literature in 2009.
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!!Peter Dickinson's works provide examples of:
* AlternateHistory: ''King and Joker'' and ''Skeleton-in-Waiting'', set in a history where Edward VII's eldest son lived to become king.
* AntiMagic: In ''The Ropemaker''
* CosyCatastrophe: The Changes
* DugTooDeep: ''Annerton Pit''
* EmergencyTransformation: ''Eva''
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: ''The Flight of Dragons''
* {{Prequel}}: The Changes trilogy was written in reverse order -- first ''The Weathermonger'', set at the end of the Changes, then ''Heartsease'', set in their midst, then ''The Devil's Children'', set at their beginning.
* SplitAtBirth: ''The Lion Tamer's Daughter''
* WhenSheSmiles: In one of the stories in the collection ''Water: Tales of the Elemental Spirits'', the main character is described as one of these ("Her face lit up with kindness and humor and intelligence.") The same phrase, in an non-ironic echo, is used to describe her LoveInterest.
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