Jonathan Strahan, Locus
"Swanwick shows that Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg may have missed the . . . commercial appeal of bringing dinosaurs back to life."
Book Description
This latest collection from renowned science fiction author Michael Swanwick contains 15 short-short stories on dinosaur themes. These dinosaurs are steely bureaucrats, genetically engineered Christmas toys, and beloved killer pets, clashing with immoral scientists, neighborhood bullies, and society ladies with dangerous, sometimes moving, and wickedly funny consequences. This is a companion volume to Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures.
Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna FROM THE PUBLISHER
This latest collection from renowned science fiction author Michael Swanwick contains 15 short-short stories on dinosaur themes. These dinosaurs are steely bureaucrats, genetically engineered Christmas toys, and beloved killer pets, clashing with immoral scientists, neighborhood bullies, and society ladies with dangerous, sometimes moving, and wickedly funny consequences. This is a companion volume to Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures.
Author Biography: Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards. His stories have appeared in Amazing, Asimov's, High Times, New Dimensions, Omni, Penthouse, and Starlight. He is the author of Griffin's Egg, In the Drift, The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Stations of the Tide, and Vacuum Flowers. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.