ABSTRACT
Intrigued by the absence of books for young readers set in undocumented time, Peter Hollindale sets out to consider A Bone from a Dry Sea and The Kin two books by Peter Dickinson. He traces influences on Dickinson’s writing to William Golding, and even further back, to H. G. Wells. Through these connections, he illuminates all three writers. He reveals the exciting way in which Dickinson offers imaginative space to readers, rewarding them with enhanced understanding of their origins and animal natures, and an oppportunity to sense the enormity of time.
