Scherzo with Tyrannosaur

"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" is a science fiction short story by American writer Michael Swanwick, published in 1999 and later expanded into the novel Bones of the Earth. It won the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, was nominated for the Nebula Award, placed third in the 2000 Locus Poll, and placed fourth in the Asimov's Science Fiction Reader Poll.[1]

"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur"
AuthorMichael Swanwick
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Published inAsimov's Science Fiction
Publication typeMagazine
Publication dateJuly 1999

Plot summary

The story follows the paleontological director of Hilltop Station, a research center set in the late Cretaceous period. It begins as Hilltop Station throws a fund raising ball and the director must keep patrons happy as well as prevent employees from illegally using their knowledge of the past for profit. When the director engages in unethical activities, he is forced to cover his tracks with complex time paradoxes and visits from his future self.

gollark: ... what *did* you want to hear?
gollark: The only difference is that OC's hashing is done in Java, and so will be imperceptibly faster.
gollark: By telling you that OC does not have any sort of intrinsic extra security.
gollark: I'm trying to be somewhat helpful here.
gollark: It's not like you would be taught anything different by using a data card.

References
  1. LOCUS Index to SF Awards
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