Hominids
- 448 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.
Die Neandertal-ParallaxeReihe
Diese Serie erforscht eine faszinierende alternative Geschichte, in der sich Neandertaler zur dominanten Spezies, Homo neanderthalensis sapiens, entwickelt haben. Sie verfolgt die Geschichte eines Individuums aus dieser fortschrittlichen Zivilisation, das sich unerwartet in unserer Welt wiederfindet. Die Erzählung konfrontiert die Leser mit Unterschieden in Denken, Kultur und Moral und deckt sowohl die Stärken als auch die Schwächen beider Gesellschaften auf. Sie bietet tiefgründige Reflexionen darüber, was es bedeutet, menschlich zu sein, und welche alternativen Wege die Evolution und Zivilisation hätten einschlagen können.
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Humans
- 384 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit resumes his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughn as cultural and scientific exchanges begin between the two parallel Earths--our own, and one in which Neanderthals became the dominant species.
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Hybrids
- 396 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Hybrids is the climactic book of Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. Torn between two worlds, geneticist Mary Vaughan and Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit struggle to find a way to make their relationship work. Aided by banned Neanderthal technology, they plan to conceive the first hybrid child, a symbol of hope for the peaceful coexistence of two versions of reality. But after an experiment shows that Mary's religious faith--something completely absent among Neanderthals--is a quirk of Homo sapiens neurology, Ponter and Mary must decide whether their child should be predisposed to atheism or belief. Meanwhile, as Mary's Earth faces the impending collapse of its planetary magnetic field, Mary's boss, the enigmatic Jock Krieger, has turned envious eyes on the unspoiled Eden of the Neanderthal world. In Hybrids, Sawyer concludes his signature speculations about alternative ways to be human, exploding our preconceptions of morality and gender, faith and love.
