num_pages: 334
description: 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.
language: English
title: Humans
titlecomplete: Humans (Neanderthal Parallax, #2)
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Alternate History, Alternate Universe, Fantasy, Canada, Romance
ratings_count: 5872
places: Toronto, Ontario
series: Neanderthal Parallax
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Tor Books