
Bones of the Earth
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Narrated by:
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Kevin Pariseau
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By:
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Michael Swanwick
World-renowned paleontologist Richard Leyster's universe changed forever the day a stranger named Griffin walked into his office with a remarkable job offer... and an ice cooler containing the head of a freshly killed Stegosaurus.
For Leyster and a select group of scientific colleagues, an impossible fantasy has come true: the ability to study dinosaurs up close, in their own era and milieu. But tampering with time and paradox can have disastrous effects on the future and the past alike, breeding a violent new strain of fundamentalist terror - and, worse still, encouraging brilliant rebels like Dr. Gertrude Salley to toy with the working mechanisms of natural law, no matter what the consequences. And when they concern the largest, most savage creatures that ever walked the Earth, the consequences may be too horrifying to imagine.
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I cannot think of anyone to whom I would recommend this book. It is poorly written.What do you think your next listen will be?
Still looking for a quality book. Amazing how hard they are to find.Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kevin Pariseau?
Craig Wasson did an admirable job in 11-22-63You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
None that I could find.Any additional comments?
This book made me angry because I kept listening, trying to find a story line. The first few minutes were promising, but then the story devolved into a mishmash of weak time travel intrigue.OMG KMN
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Jurassic Park Xed with Bradbury's Sound of Thunder
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I rated the story a 3 because I was expecting dinosaurs to have a bigger role, and be more central to the plot. The story actually centers around paleontology (as a science), time travel (as an unexplained technology), and paradox (mostly as relates to the people in the story, not the world at large). It's more of a Scifi people story with dinosaur wallpaper than a people vs dinosaur story.
Not what you're expecting...but a good well written story
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Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kevin Pariseau?
Anyone (except Scott Brick--this book would not benefit from an overly dramatic tone). Really, any reasonably accomplished narrator could do this book. Pariseau's reading is here, as elsewhere, stilted and unnatural. I find it hard to follow the action because the way Pariseau reads, it sounds like they recorded each word one at a time and then edited it together.Story seems fun, but can't take Pariseau
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Bones of the Earth gleefully revels in paleontology and paradoxes. Readers will go to science conferences, watch grad students do field work, and listen to lengthy discussions about the classification of dinosaurs, the evolution of fringe ecological niches, and the event that caused dinosaur extinction. Some of this gets a little dry. There???s an entire chapter called ???Peer Review??? in which several scientists work together to write up a paper that, due to being stuck in the Mesozoic era, they know will never be published. (Even though this went on too long, I loved this idea!) But it???s not all stuffy science, because this is Michael Swanwick, so there???s also a paleontologist orgy ??? probably the first one ever.
Most people, if they had the chance to move around in time, would be tempted to use this ability to profit financially ??? get the lottery numbers from the newspaper, find out who won a horse race and go back and bet on it... But not a paleontologist. Swanwick speculates that they???d prefer prestige over money (and I think he???s right about that). Thus, Dr. Gertrude Salley, who???s both a hero and a villain in this story, gleans facts instead of dollars during her time travels. Later, when Salley creates a time paradox and is forced to meet herself, she???s chagrined to learn that she???s not much fun to be around. Swanwick also takes us to the far distant future and speculates about the future of the human species. Humanity???s prospects are grim, but we???re left with a deep admiration for the human mind, its insatiable curiosity, and the science that allows us to fulfill our desire to understand our world.
I???ll mention, since I???ve seen some negative reviews of Bones of the Earth, that some readers have accused the book of being anti-Christian because the terrorists are creationists. I am both a Christian and a scientist and I did not feel that the book was anti-Christian. Yes, there is a villain who identifies as a Christian creationist, but two of the small group of paleontologists are also specifically identified as practicing Christians. A Christian who refuses to consider the possibility that creation and evolution are not mutually exclusive probably won???t like this book. For everyone else, it???s fine.
Bones of the Earth, originally published in 2002, is an expansion of Michael Swanwick???s 1999 short story ???Scherzo with Tyrannosaur??? which was published in Asimov???s Science Fiction and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2000. Bones of the Earth was nominated for a Nebula, Hugo, Campbell, and Locus Award. Kevin Pariseau narrates Audible Frontier???s version which has recently been released. He was a great choice for this book. During my life I???ve listened to hundreds of scientists talking about their research. There???s a certain reserved enthusiasm and eagerness they display and Mr. Pariseau has this down perfectly ??? he would fit right in at any scientific conference.
Revels in paleontology and paradoxes
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I liked it.
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Great
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Would you try another book from Michael Swanwick and/or Kevin Pariseau?
noWhat was most disappointing about Michael Swanwick’s story?
he drug out every lineHow could the performance have been better?
it could not have been worse the man had a mono toneIf you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Bones of the Earth?
dont know could not finish the first partAny additional comments?
if you have a boring book dont use a boring readerbad very bad
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Poor organization; incomprehensible story!
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What a mess
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