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While exploring the wilds of northern Canada, a mammoth hunter stumbles upon a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth and the mummified body of a Stone Age man, dated to about 12,000 years ago.
The man’s body, astonishingly intact, bears a modern-day wristwatch, hinting at a perplexing connection between ancient and contemporary worlds.
The find propels the hunter into a narrative that melds science fiction concepts, such as cloning and time anomalies, with the stark, remote landscapes of Manitoba and the larger themes of humanity’s reach into the past.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: John Varley
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