Rivers of Time
	Author(s):	De Camp, L. Sprague
	Publisher:	Baen Books
	Date:	1993
	ISBN:	0-671-72195-X
	Cause:	Time Travel
	Creatures:	Extinct Mammals Extinct Reptiles
	Submitted by:	Mike Riley (03/27/05)
Exerpt: "I couldn't shoot, because Hubert was directly between me and the diatryma. The bird dropped the snake, shot out that wicked beak, and gave Hubert a mighty peck. Hubert took one step back and fell into the grass. … We all rushed back, but too late to do anything for Paul Hubert. The bird's beak had laid open a gash in his neck as long as the span of your fingers and centimeters deep. Blood was still pouring out. Hubert made a bubbling moan and then lay still."
Reviews: No published professional reviews found. (Mike Riley)

2 Scars

My Opinion: This time travel “novel” is a series of short stories by L. Sprague De Camp which have been mashed together to form a book. The thing this book has going for it is that every chapter places humans and prehistoric animals together in the ancient past. Even better, the time periods are varied and include the Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Paleozoic along with the flora and fauna of those eras. Unfortunately, the book reads like a “National Geographic” travel log or perhaps an “Animal Planet” special report. While humans are menaced occasionally and a couple of them are even devoured, for the most part, the beasts in this book are brought down with cannon-sized guns from 100 yards away. I found the premise wonderful but the stories lacked excitement.

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