★★★☆☆
(Time Travel) A teen girl falls through a hole in time and ends up in the Cretaceous, where she makes friends with a Pterosaur she raises from the egg. (2,929 words; Time: 09m)
"All The Turns Of The Earth," by Matthew Claxton [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 01-02|20, published on December 19, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: For the most part, this is almost a Robinson-Crusoe story, telling how a young girl managed to survive in a really hostile place.
Con: I didn’t care for the magical time travel, complete with the implication that it’s usually random but sometimes God cares about the feelings of people enough to do it on special request.
I doubt a teenage girl dropped into the Cretaceous with nothing to support her would survive more than 24 hours.
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Pro: For the most part, this is almost a Robinson-Crusoe story, telling how a young girl managed to survive in a really hostile place.
Con: I didn’t care for the magical time travel, complete with the implication that it’s usually random but sometimes God cares about the feelings of people enough to do it on special request.
I doubt a teenage girl dropped into the Cretaceous with nothing to support her would survive more than 24 hours.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Matthew Claxton Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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