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The dechronization of Sam MacGruder : a novel by George Gaylord Simpson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Filled with magnificent descriptions of the dinosaurs as only Simpson himself could render them, <i>The Dechronization of Sam Magruder</i> is not only a classic time-travel tale but a philosophical work that astutely ponders the complexities of human existence and achievement.<br> <p>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, end
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- Author
- George Gaylord Simpson
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312139636
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13