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| Author | Harry Turtledove, as Eric G. Iverson |
| First Appearance | Analog Magazine |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication date | December, 1985 |
"Hatching Season" is a time travel science fiction short story by Harry Turtledove (writing as Eric Iverson), Analog 12/85, reprinted in Dinosaurs!, edited by Jack Dann, Ace 1990, and Dinosaurs, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Niagara, 1996.
Focusing on time-traveling paleontologist Paula Shaffer and her field study of hadrosaur hatching season in the Cretaceous Period. After imprinting herself on a newly hatched hadrosaur, Paula finds herself running for her life from predatory gorgosaurs. After a harrowing night lost in the woods, Paula and her hadrosaur are able to make their way back to the hatching grounds, and Paula returns home.
Literary Critique[]
"Hatching Season" is an entertaining, if conventional, story, featuring a thrilling chase while engaging (very lightly) some of the theories about dinosaur and dinosaur behavior.
See also[]
- "Lure," another story about using time travel for paleontology. Turtledove has not specified whether the stories are connected.
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