Humans: The Neanderthal Parallax, Book 2 (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
In this Hugo-nominated novel, Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit brings Canadian geneticist Mary Vaughan back to his world to explore the near-utopian civilization of the Neanderthals. Boddit serves as a Candide figure, the naive visitor whose ignorance about our society makes him a perfect tool to analyze human tendencies toward violence, over-population, and environmental degradation. The Neanderthals have developed a highly artistic, ethical, and scientific culture without ever inventing farming - they're still hunters and gatherers - and this allows the author to make some interesting and generally unrecognized points about the downside of the discovery of agriculture.
BONUS AUDIO: Author Robert J. Sawyer explains why one particular chapter of Humans is his very favorite.
Customer Reviews
excellent
please, after listenting to all 3 would you write another trilogy perhaps on the hybrid child. that would be so great. i listen to them on my ipod and have other people listening too. we crave more.