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Humans | Robert J. Sawyer
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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. Humans is a 2004 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.
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EmilyChristine
Humans | Robert J. Sawyer
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Aww two beings from different worlds and species have found love. After reading books 1 & 2 I've found that the relate a lot to how things are currently going in our world. This book is a few years old but what their societies go through are relevant to what ours are going through.

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EmilyChristine
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So kind of a spoiler but this man got what he deserved. Ponter, the Neanderthal, took justice into his own hands. Mary and her boss were raped by this man because he kept getting passed over for tenure and such by women, mainly Mary and her boss. Rape is about power and this man had power taken from him. Crimes like this are not committed in Ponter's world.

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EmilyChristine
Humans | Robert J. Sawyer
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The Neanderthals last war they lost 719 people and he's now learning about our wars.

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EmilyChristine
Humans | Robert J. Sawyer
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Decided to start book 2! Curious to see what happens next. At the end of book 1 they were looking into creating an opening that would allow easy travel between worlds. Which could be a good thing or turn out horribly because the societies are so different.

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EmilyChristine
Humans | Robert J. Sawyer

Decided to start book 2! Curious to see what happens next. At the end of book 1 they were looking into creating an opening that would allow easy travel between worlds.