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Bones of the Earth
Published 2002 by Eos · 335 pages
Hugo · 2003
FinalistNebula · 2003
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5 award entries · 3 books · 1 wins · 1992–2003
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Synopsis
Paleontologist Richard Leyster is offered access to a time machine by a mysterious stranger, allowing him to study living dinosaurs. But time travel creates paradoxes, and when the program is threatened by sabotage and temporal politics, Leyster must navigate both the Cretaceous and the complexities of causality.
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