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Humans

Robert J. Sawyer

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Humans is the second book of The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, which tells of our world and a parallel one in which it was the Homo sapiens who died out and the Neanderthals who became the dominant intelligent species. This powerful idea allows Sawyer to examine some of the deeply rooted assumptions of contemporary human civilization dramatically, by confronting us with another civilization, just as morally valid, that has made other choices. In Humans, Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit, a character you will never forget, returns to our world and to his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughan, as cultural exchanges between the two Earths begin. As we see daily life in another present-day world, radically different from ours, in the course of Sawyer's fast-moving story, we experience the bursts of wonder and enlightenment that are the finest pleasures of science fiction. Humans was a 2004 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.

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Publisher
Tor Books
Year
2010
ISBN-13
9781429914628
Genre
Science Fiction
Topics
Parallel worldsHuman vs Neanderthal civilizationCross-species relationship

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