false <![CDATA[Humans (Neanderthal Parallax, #2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173853527m/337008.jpg 337008 4 Robert J. Sawyer, the award-winning and bestselling writer, hits the peak of his powers in Humans, the second book of The Neanderthal Parallax, his trilogy about our world and 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 is one of the best SF novels of the year, and The Neanderthal Parallax is an SF classic in the making. 327441 book 15 9 2003 Humans (Neanderthal Parallax, Book 2) total:386|5:80|4:153|3:111|2:35|1:7| 386 1422 498 23 5 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 10:18:33 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 14:31:10 -0700 2009

I'm slightly more than halfway through the book. It'...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 17:50:34 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:54:52 -0700 2008 Humans picks up where Hominids left off with very little time having passed between books. Ponter is working with a personality sculptor (o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Feb 28 15:59:59 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 19:36:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 18:56:44 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 20:40:30 -0800 2008
The issues that Sawyer generates and addresses are in the very best tradition of SF; he causes us to look in different ways at everyday things and re-think our approaches to issues which are generally a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 16 23:08:06 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 23:08:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 14:22:17 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 14:25:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 16:38:46 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 19:41:56 -0700 2008 Humans is that I'd seen it all before in Hominids. Ponter sees more of our world and again notes how awful Homo sapiens have made their Earth as opposed to the Neanderthals' respectful coexistence with nature. When Mary finally goes to the Neanderthal world, most of the time is spen...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 16:13:40 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:25:03 -0700 2009 This series was so fun, Scifi, hot romance, agricultural impact statements, ecological theories...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 13:27:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:31:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 27 11:15:36 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 11:16:01 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 09:36:37 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:23:23 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 15 23:00:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 23:00:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Jan 04 14:16:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 14:18:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 13 16:23:55 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 03 19:13:12 -0800 2009
Also, a somewhat graphic (though in no way flowery) love scene betwee...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 22 19:03:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:43:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:24:58 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 08:42:58 -0700 2008 1 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 09:38:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 09:39:40 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 05:24:51 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 12:12:53 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Mar 01 11:45:53 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 11:47:15 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 17:50:44 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 17:51:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=337008