Columbus reaches America, finds a bunch of indigenous people waiting for him... and some intelligent dinosaurs, who are the actual leaders of the country. What could go wrong? This short story by Steven Popkes is quite funny, even if it ends on a really sad note. We can see quarrels between the owners of the caravels, who only agree in bashing poor Luìs, a converted Jew who was hired in Spain to work as translator, and a point of view quite different from our own. But in the end we cannot avoid to take the part of Red Eft, the dinosaur who must learn Economy 101 all by himself and who will try to build a pacific relation with the newcomers. Some parts of the book (mainly the ones featuring the indigenous people) are not connected very well, and sometimes I found it hard to follow the dialogs: but I suggest you to read it. ( )