Bones of the Earth
Paleontologist Richard Leyster is studying the dinosaur-fossil discovery of a lifetime when a stranger comes into his office with an ice cooler and an offer: a mysterious and dangerous job that pays no better than Leyster's beloved current position at the Smithsonian. He rejects the offer and the stranger departs, leaving the cooler. Leyster opens the cooler and finds the head of a just-slain stegosaur. It really is an offer he can't refuse: a job that will allow him to study living dinosaurs. But the stranger has disappeared, and Leyster has no idea where to find him.Expanded from his Hugo Award-winning story "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur," Michael Swanwick'sBones of the Earthis a time-travel novel as exciting asJurassic Parkand far more intelligent. In addition to the Hugo, Michael Swanwick has won the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. His previous books include the novelsIn the Drift,Vacuum Flowers, andGriffin's Egg, and his collections includeGravity's Angels,A Geography of Unknown Lands, andMoon Dogs, among others.--Cynthia Ward--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.