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Bones
| Author: | Pat Murphy |
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Asimov's Science Fiction, 1990 |
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| Book Type: | Novella |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
World Fantasy Award winning and Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novella.
The Irish Giant -- that's what Londoners called Charlie Bryne, an enormous country lad standing 8 feet tall in his bare feet. He made his fortune by exhibiting himself, but Bryne was far more than a human oddity. He had the magical power of healing, a deep connection to the natural magic of the earth, and the blood of Irish kings in his veins. In 1782, he came to London with a single goal -- to bring the Irish home to the island they had left.
John Hunter was a man of science and insatiable curiosity -- a surgeon, a natural philosopher, and a tireless collector of natural oddities. With analysis and dissection, Hunter strove to understand the natural world -- and he wanted to add the bones of a giant to his collection.
This novella, winner of the 1990 World Fantasy Award, examines what happens when the quest for scientific knowledge meets ancient natural magic.
It originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990. The story is included in the collection Points of Departure (1990).
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