Hipparion gracile
Names: Hipparion gracilehipparion
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 1A Hipparion gracile, a small Pliocene horse, was retrieved with a carrot bait and instantly aged into dust.
- Ch 1A hipparion, a kind of animal, has been reduced to ashes, apparently in Guderian's experiment.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 1Guderian's demonstration
Guderian shows visiting scientists his Pliocene time-gate near Lyon, retrieving a Hipparion that dies into dust, and explains the one-way trip.
- Book 1 · Ch 1Guderian ends the demonstration
Guderian laughs off his colleagues' praise, invites them up to Madame for refreshment, and sweeps the ashes of a hipparion into the wastebasket, where they float on green alien slime.