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In the Hugo Award-winning Hominids, Neanderthal quantum physicist Ponter Boddit fell through an interdimensional portal into our version of reality. In this Hugo-nominated sequel, Ponter -- a character you'll never forget -- returns to our world and his growing relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughan, exploring our society with his penetrating, alien gaze. "Sawyer takes on guns, religious assumptions, automobiles, and even the Big Bang in this highly entertaining tale of a (more or less) rational Outsider. The chapter at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial should be required reading for anyone who wishes to sit in the Oval Office." -- Jack McDevitt on Humans "The most unusual love story you've ever read." -- Rocky Mountain News on Humans "The biggest job of science fiction is to portray the Other. To help us imagine the strange and see the familiar in eerie new ways. Nobody explores this territory more boldly than Robert J. Sawyer." -- David Brin on Humans "Hominids is anthropological fiction at its best." -- W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, USA Today bestselling authors of People of the Thunder "Hominids belongs on the same shelf as Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land." -- Starlog… (meer)
Very good SF sequel to Hominids when two universes interact. Love story is a weak point but ending was worth the wait as Ponter exacts vengeance for Mary's rape by castrating rapist, their version of Justice.
This was an enjoyable-enough novel. But Robert Sawyer has set his bar so high that I was mildly disappointed in this one. Still, it was nice to get more details on the Neanderthal world. ( )
Un experimento científico hace posible la inesperada interacción entre dos universos paralelos con la salvedad de que, en uno de ellos, la especie humana que ha predominado son los Neanderthales y no los Crogmanones, como ha ocurrido en nuestro mundo. Ponter Boddil y su hombre-compañero, Addikor Hulk, físicos neanderthales, han abierto un puente entre dos universos con su computador cuántico. Ahora se plantean volver a abrir ese paso para dar lugar al más prodigioso e inesperado cambio cultural entre especies y universos.
I enjoyed this and the preceding book in the series. The story was interesting, but there were a lot of things to think about concerning many subjects, as there was somewhat of an open slate for differences between the two alternate earths. I enjoyed the places where the members of our reality tried to explaing things like religion and politics to the alternate members who had a much different outlook. ( )
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If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? - Aleksandr Solzhentsyn
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For Mark Askwith Master of Multiple Universes
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I've done a terrible thing, said Ponter Boddit, straddling the saddle-seat in Jurard Selgan's office.
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In the Hugo Award-winning Hominids, Neanderthal quantum physicist Ponter Boddit fell through an interdimensional portal into our version of reality. In this Hugo-nominated sequel, Ponter -- a character you'll never forget -- returns to our world and his growing relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughan, exploring our society with his penetrating, alien gaze. "Sawyer takes on guns, religious assumptions, automobiles, and even the Big Bang in this highly entertaining tale of a (more or less) rational Outsider. The chapter at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial should be required reading for anyone who wishes to sit in the Oval Office." -- Jack McDevitt on Humans "The most unusual love story you've ever read." -- Rocky Mountain News on Humans "The biggest job of science fiction is to portray the Other. To help us imagine the strange and see the familiar in eerie new ways. Nobody explores this territory more boldly than Robert J. Sawyer." -- David Brin on Humans "Hominids is anthropological fiction at its best." -- W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, USA Today bestselling authors of People of the Thunder "Hominids belongs on the same shelf as Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land." -- Starlog
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