Hip bone The hip bone first appears in fishes, where it consists of a simple, usually triangular bone, to which the pelvic fin articulates. The hip bones on each side usually connect with each other at the forward end, and are even solidly fused in lungfishes and sharks, but they never attach to the vertebral column. In the early tetrapods, this early hip bone evolved to become the ischium and pubis, while the ilium formed as a new structure, initially somewhat rod-like in form, but soon adding a larger bony blade. The acetabulum is already present at the point where the three
The Bone Forest novella "The Bone Forest.", after which the volume takes its name. The additional stories in "The Bone Forest" bear little relation with either time or events in the "Mythago Wood" cycle, yet the short stories are largely influenced by the fantasy realm created as part of the "Mythago Wood" cycle. "The Bone Forest" has both won and been nominated for fantasy literature awards. The short stories in "The Bone Forest" previously appeared in a variety of publications between 1976 and 1989. The novella The Bone Forest was published as part of the 2009 Gollanz edition of "Merlin's Wood" along with