The master of microfiction returns with eighteen short-short stories on
dinosaur themes. Steely bureaucrats, genetically engineered Christmas
toys, and beloved killer pets clash with immoral scientists,
neighborhood bullies, and society ladies, with dangerous, sometimes
poignant, and often wickedly funny consequences. Michael Crichton's
dinosaurs were never quite like this. As one canny old predator remarks,
?Herbivores! You gotta love 'em. They fall for the old
theropod-in-a-rubber-tenontosaur-suit trick every time."
In this companion volume to Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures,
Swanwick continues to delight. It is certain to charm anyone who is or
ever wanted to be a paleontologist?and to convince them that pursuing
alternative careers is probably wise. This collection features the
British Science Fiction Association Award?nominated ?Five British
Dinosaurs" as well as humorous original illustrations by Stephanie
Pui-Mun Law.