Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur (en Inglés) - Ian McDonald

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How to Train Your Dragon meets Mad Max in this story of an orphan in a fractured Southwest who just wants to ride a dinosaur under the lights.

Come one, come all to the dinosaur rodeo!

Tif Tamim wants nothing more than to be a dinosaur buckaroo. An orphan in search of a place to rest his head and a job to weigh down his pockets, Tif has bounced from circus to circus, yearning for a chance to ride a prehistoric beauty under the sparkling lights of a big-top.

To become a buckaroo, Tif needs to learn the tools of the trade, yet few dino maestros want to take a scrawny nobody from nowhere under their wing. But when Tif frees a dino from an abusive owner and braves the roving gangs of the formerly-American west to bring the dino to safety, he catches someone’s eye. And boy, how those eyes dazzle Tif from the back of a bucking carnotaur.

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“Combining the futuristic wastelands and clan wars of Mad Max with a gate to John Scalzi’s Kaiju Preservation Society, this story of found family, big dreams, and the inevitable heartbreak of responsibility will appeal to readers of coming-of-age novels with a twist and anyone who knows they couldn’t resist loving a wild creature even as they try to return it to where it belongs.” —Library Journal, starred review

“Bejeweled, dinosaur-riding buckaroos are the stars of the show in this equal-parts rollicking and poignant sci-fi novella…. Dinosaur lovers and sci-fi fans are sure to fall for this inventive coming-of-age story.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Praise for the Luna Series

“Spare, simple, elegant when he needs to be...deep and meaty when he wants to be...[McDonald] does his work like an artisan pulling a sculpture from stone.” —NPR on Luna: Wolf Moon

“It’s a great scenario, lovingly detailed, and curiously attractive despite its current of unforgiving violence.” —The Wall Street Journal on Luna: New Moon

“With an action narrative driving this political commentary, Luna: New Moon is actually a fantastically fun read as well as an important one.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

“An engaging thriller...McDonald's portrait of a cutthroat society trying to survive in the deadliest of environments also make it one of the strongest science fiction novels of the year.” —The Chicago Tribune on Luna: New Moon

“McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Luna: New Moon

“The best moon novel I’ve seen in many years. . . McDon­ald’s novel has some formidable SF stingers not far beneath its densely textured surface.” —Locus on Luna: New Moon

“McDonald's never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one.” —Cory Doctorow

“The story is innovative and fresh...has a feel of The Godfather meets A Song of Ice and Fire meets Ender’s Game.” —Portland Book Review on Luna: New Moon

Additional Praise for Ian McDonald

“Ian McDonald is one of the very best science fiction writers in the world. His novels are fearless, brilliant, wise-they illuminate and entertain spectacularly.” —Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times bestselling author on Hopeland

“Fans of science fiction who enjoy a dash of history and legend will savor this tender story.” —Publishers Weekly on Time Was

“McDonald is one of the best writers currently working in the genre.” —SFX on Hopeland