dˈeɪv lˈæŋfɚd ɹᵻvjˈuːd wˈɪntɚɹ ɪn ˈiːdən fɔːɹ wˈaɪt dwˈɔːɹf hˈæʃ nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, ænd stˈeɪɾᵻd ðˈæt " ðiːz ɑːɹ tɹˈɪks ænd tˈɜːnz ʌv mˈɪɹ ʃˈɔːɹtstˈoːɹi wˈeɪt, wˌaɪl ðɪ ˈɛpɪk pətˈɛnʃəl lˈaɪz ˈɛlswɛɹ: wɪððə lˈɔŋtˈɜːm ɪnˌɛvᵻɾəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌv ˈiːðɚ hjˈuːmən slˈæʃ dˈaɪnəsˌɔːɹ kˌoʊɛɡzˈɪstəns ɔːɹ wˈʌn spˈiːsiːz ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən, wɪððɪ ɐdvˈænsɪŋ ɡlˈeɪʃɚz ðæt kˈænt biː kənvˈiːnɪəntli blˈʌft ɔːɹ sˈɛt fˈaɪɚ tuː.
Dave Langford reviewed Winter in Eden for White Dwarf #99, and stated that " These are tricks and turns of mere short-story weight, while the epic potential lies elsewhere: with the long-term inevitability of either human/dinosaur coexistence or one species' extinction, with the advancing glaciers that can't be conveniently bluffed or set fire to.