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This lost novella by the century's most renowned paleontologist has been called the greatest time-travel story in more than one hundred years.
Vanishing from Earth on February 30, 2162, while working on a problem of quantum theory, research chronologist Sam Magruder is thrown back 80 million years in time. Endowed with the intelligence of a twenty-second-century man, Magruder struggles to survive, feeding on scrambled turtle eggs and diligently recording his observations on a stone-slab diary, even as menacing tyrannosaurus try to gnaw off his limbs.
Filled with magnificent descriptions of the dinosaurs as only Simpson himself could render them, The Dechronization of Sam Magruder is not only a classic time-travel tale but a philosophical work that astutely ponders the complexities of human existence and achievement.
This newly discovered novella by the century's most renowned paleontologist bears comparison to H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. Vanishing on February 30, 2162, Sam Magruder, a fortyish research chronologist, finds himself thrown into the prehistoric Jurassic era, a time when dinosaurs roamed the planet, and he, endowed with the intelligence of a 22nd-century man, is the only human.
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Jessica Foucault
reviewed The dechronization of Sam Magruder on January 12, 2017 The dechronization of Sam Magruder
This is such a great little story! The bright pink cover is at odds with the storyline but don't let that put you off, I actually quite like the colour...it's 'quirky'. A very quick read and therein lies it's only flaw....it ended too soon. I hung on every word and would have liked to see many, many more of them.
The book was only ever intended as an amusement for the author (the George Gaylord Simson), but by chance it was found after his death and published, and lucky for us that it was.
Short synopsis would be that an academic (Sam McGruder) from the far future (the year 2162), accidentally travels back in time to a place in prehistory where dinosaurs roamed, with no chance of ever getting back. Now, it's not just the story that hooks the reader, it's all the thought provoking ideas that the story presents too. What would I do? How would I cope? Would I cope?!
I wanted it to go on and on and on......
It's very short so any details I give are likely to be spoilers but it's a great book and one not to be missed. From the moment you pick it up it will draw you in. Even if it's not your usual type of reading material, it's still worth the read.
Remember....don't let the pink cover put you off!
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