Robert J. Sawyer
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| Title | : | Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax #1) |
| Author | : | Robert J. Sawyer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 444 pages |
| Published | : | February 17th 2003 by Tor Books (first published May 3rd 2002) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Hugo Awards. Alternate History. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fantasy. Cultural. Canada |
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Neanderthals have developed a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth. A Neanderthal physicist, Ponter Boddit, accidentally passes from his universe into a Canadian underground research facility. Fortunately, a team of human scientists, including expert paleo-anthropologist Mary Vaughan, promptly identifies and warmly receives Ponter. Solving the language problem and much else is a mini-computer, called a Companion, implanted in the brain of every Neanderthal. A computerized guardian spirit, however, doesn't eliminate cross-cultural confusion; permanent male-female sexuality, rape, and overpopulation are all alien to Ponter. Nor can it help his housemate and fellow scientist back in his world, Adikor Huld, when the authorities charge Adikor with his murder.Define Books Concering Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax #1)
| Original Title: | Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0765345005 (ISBN13: 9780765345004) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.sfwriter.com/exho.htm |
| Series: | Neanderthal Parallax #1 |
| Setting: | Toronto, Ontario(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (2003), Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2003), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2003) |
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This was an excellent book, with some great, intriguing world-building and original characters.Occasionally, the author seems to insert an idea he likes too much to pass up, even if it doesn't fit. "Ooh, here's a discussion of atheist ethics, in which a highly educated human has somehow never considered the idea before, but a person from an entirely atheist society has an explanation ready!" Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often.Few things are probably scarier than suddenly being utterly and totally alone. Robert J. Sawyer reminds us of that fact by transposing Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist, from the parallel universe in which he resides to our universe, where Neanderthals have been extinct for tens of thousands of years. Aside from having instant celebrity statusincluding the paparazzi that come with itPonter must face the fact that he might never return to his own universe. And back in his universe, this has
Although not every paleoanthropologist agreed, many shared her view that between 40,000 and 27,000 years ago, Homo sapiensanatomically modern humanscompleted the first of what would be many deliberate or inadvertent genocides, wiping the planet free of the only other extant member of the same genus, a separate, more gentle species that perhaps had been better entitled to the double meaning of the word humanity.Humanitys destructive tendencies is one of the main themes of Hominids, Robert J.
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer concerns a parallel universe where Neanderthals became the dominant branch of humanity while Homo sapiens dies out, much in the same way that Neanderthals died out in our world. By an accident of quantum physics, the two worlds are joined briefly and a Neanderthal physicist is sucked into our world. Sawyer uses this event to show the differences and distinctions of the two species, how they diverged and also as a vehicle, almost utopian or Brobdingnagian in nature,
Hominids is a pretty good first book in a trilogy with a cool premise, namely, that there is a parallel universe where Neanderthals became the dominant hominid species on an otherwise-identical Earth. I use the term pretty good deliberately, knowing full well this book won the 2003 Hugo. And lets be clear: I did enjoy the book insofar as it was, well, pretty good. Ultimately, though, I was a little disappointed given the awards and attention this book has received. So I wonder if what it comes
This is worth reading for the intriguing depiction of an advanced neanderthal society, but it's not a very well-written novel.The narrative was more readable when it focused on the neanderthals, perhaps because the alienness of the society kept my attention, but as soon as it returned to the homo sapiens the prose became clunky enough to pull me out of the story. The characterizations are poor, particularly that of Mary, one of the main protagonists.And the author almost ruined my enjoyment of
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