A Gun for Dinosaur

"A Gun for Dinosaur"
Short story by L. Sprague de Camp
Ed Emshwiller's illustration of the
story in Galaxy Science Fiction
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Publication
Published inGalaxy Science Fiction
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateMarch, 1956
Chronology
SeriesReginald Rivers
 
 
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"A Gun for Dinosaur" is a classic time travel science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Rivers of Time series. It tells the story of four men who travel into the past to hunt dinosaurs.

It was first published in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction for March, 1956, and first appeared in book form in the anthology The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other SF Novelets (Doubleday, 1959). The story went on to appear in numerous anthologies and collections.