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The Dechronization of Sam Magruder

by George Gayl Simpson

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ISBN13: 9780312155148
ISBN10: 031215514x
Condition: Standard
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This lost novella by the century's most renowned paleontologist has been called the greatest time-travel story in more than one hundred years.

Vanishing from Earth on February 30, 2162, while working on a problem of quantum theory, research chronologist Sam Magruder is thrown back 80 million years in time. Endowed with the intelligence of a twenty-second-century man, Magruder struggles to survive, feeding on scrambled turtle eggs and diligently recording his observations on a stone-slab diary, even as menacing tyrannosaurus try to gnaw off his limbs.

Filled with magnificent descriptions of the dinosaurs as only Simpson himself could render them, The Dechronization of Sam Magruder is not only a classic time-travel tale but a philosophical work that astutely ponders the complexities of human existence and achievement.

About the Author

George Gaylord Simpson, widely regarded as the greatest vertebrate paleontologist of the twentieth century, was a professor at Harvard University. He died in 1984.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312155148
Subtitle:
A Novel
Editor:
Burns, Joan Simpson
Editor:
Burns, Joan Simpson
Author:
Simpson, George Gaylord
Author:
Roe, Richard
Author:
Roe, Richard
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Time travel
Subject:
Science / General
Publication Date:
19970415
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.52x5.01x.46 in. .33 lbs.

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