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Five British Dinosaurs Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick [www.michaelswanwick.com] lives in Philadelphia, and is one of the leading writers of fantasy and science fiction today. He is also among the most prolific in short fiction in recent years. He has won and been nominated for more awards than bear mentioning. His fine novels come out every three or four years— In the Drift (1984), Vacuum Flowers (1987), Stations of the Tide (1991), The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (1993), and Jack Faust (1997). Bones of the Earth was his new novel in 2002. He published more than fifty short short stories in 2001 and 2002, and his bibliography is bewilderingly difficult to update, since he publishes frequently online. “Five British Dinosaurs” appeared in Interzone, which maintained its high level of quality in fantasy and science fiction, though it skipped two issues during the year, publishing two combined issues. The piece is composed of five independent vignettes ringing playful variations on the theme of British dinosaurs, and they are light, witty, and humorous. This is Swanwick at his most evanescently charming. Iguanodon anglicus It was Mary Ann Mantell |
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