Bones of the Earth (Swanwick)

A disappointment. When I found this, I was hoping that Swanwick had extended the punch and range of his short story “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur” to a novel. Wrong. Oh, don’t get me wrong; it’s an interesting story, full of time travel and a great deal (too much, in fact) detail about dinosaurs of various kinds. Swanwick tells it well, but the fact that his main character is the biggest narcissist since Narcissus makes it hard to swallow. Recommended only if you have a dinosaur fetish or are stuck in an airport.