false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173249049m/264946.jpg 264946 4 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? 1500323 book 2002 Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, Book 1) total:603|5:138|4:249|3:154|2:48|1:14| 603 2258 865 82 2 3 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:05:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:50:38 -0800 2009
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...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 07:24:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 16:29:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 21 23:13:31 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 23:16:21 -0800 2008 Hominids came to me quite well recommended by LJ user framlingem, and only today, after I resolved to finally read it, did I realize that it actually won the Hugo in 2003. So yeah, book with a high pedigree, this. I myself am somewhat ambivalent to it; while I think it's got a rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 09:56:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 10:10:33 -0700 2009 Oddly, the p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 12 20:45:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:13:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:56:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 19:00:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 24 15:59:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 16:00:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:50:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:45:59 -0700 2009
The blackness was absolute.
Watching over it was Louise Benoît, twenty-eight, a statuesque ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 15 07:18:32 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 07:22:12 -0700 2009
The comparison...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 11 20:57:41 -0800 2008 Sat May 30 11:49:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 16:58:36 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 16:59:31 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 17:17:09 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 17:50:00 -0700 2008 Hominids is the story of a Neanderthal man, Ponter Bobbit, who lives in a parallel universe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 24 05:16:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:23:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 05:16:36 -0700 2008
What a fantastic book. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and look forward to the next...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Feb 28 15:59:54 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 19:33:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 15 07:46:53 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 07:48:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 19 13:50:35 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 28 15:45:50 -0700 2009
The action really begins in an alternate universe, where the Neanderthal hominids rose to global dominance instead of becoming an unsuccessful off-shoot of the human family tree. A Neanderthal physics experiment creates a connection between their time...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 17:41:20 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 17:42:25 -0700 2007 Stargate episode, a Neanderthal physicist from a parallel Earth where Homo sapiens died out while Homo neanderthalensis (or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, if you prefer) thrived is sucked into our world. He's rescued from drowning by physics postdoc Louise...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 06 10:18:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:19:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:52:40 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:54:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 02 23:32:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:41:30 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=264946