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<p>It was on a geological field trip to Arran in 1984 that I first expressed to anyone a sense of loss I felt in connection with my awareness of the vastness of deep time. This became part of my motivation &hellip; <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/time-and-loss-and-imagining/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>One of the inspirations behind my writing of Deep Time was the genre of lost-world romances that flourished in the decades before and after 1900. I first encountered this genre in the movies – and in particular the 1960 adaptation &hellip; <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/lost-worlds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>‘Deep time’ is geological time, the millions of years over which the Earth and its creatures have evolved. Deep Time is also the name of my epic novel of prehistory, to be published by Hawthorn Press on 9 May. The &hellip; <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/welcome-to-deep-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>