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Hominids

(Neanderthal Parallax)

By Robert J. Sawyer

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780765345004

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Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radically different histContinue

Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radically different history, society and philosophy. Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally pierces the barrier between worlds and is transferred to our universe. Almost immediately recognized as a Neanderthal, but only much later as a scientist, he is quarantined and studied, alone and bewildered, a stranger in a strange land. But Ponter is also befriended-by a doctor and a physicist who share his questing intelligence, and especially by Canadian geneticist Mary Vaughan, a woman with whom he develops a special rapport. Ponter's partner, Adikor Huld, finds himself with a messy lab, a missing body, suspicious people all around and an explosive murder trial. How can he possibly prove his innocence when he has no idea what actually happened to Ponter?

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  • Hominids

    Hard science fiction is easy. Rising above the facts, figures, phenomena, and fancy gadgets to create a story that is so much more is where the true artistry lies. That rarefied air is where you will find Robert J. Sawyer's novels. Near the top of th ... (read full critics)

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  • Brilliant

    Science fiction at its best -- asking the what if's that make you think about our society in new and different ways.

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  • English Books
  • Mass Market Paperback 448 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0765345005
  • ISBN-13: 9780765345004
  • Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
  • Pub date: Feb 17, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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