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A review by professorfate
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
4.0
This series was in my to-be-read mountain and I wasn't going to get to it for a while. I got it because I loved Sawyer's "WWW" trilogy and wanted to read more. Mom was taking a class on Coursera on the history of humanity, and the first few lectures talked about Neanderthal man. I showed her these books, remembering that they dealt with Neanderthal, and she read them (perhaps "devoured" is the more correct work). Mom is not big into science-fiction, and the fact that she read and loved all three books, I think, says more about how good the book is than anything I can say.
So as not to give too much away, the basic premise is that there is a parallel universe where Neanderthal became the dominant species of man and not Homo sapiens. Through an accident, a Neanderthal physicist is transported into our world.
There is more to this book (and it is open to the next book in the series), but I think this is one of those books where it is best to leave the reader to discover all of the ideas that Mr. Sawyer explores. I have always been a fan of alternate histories, and this book will join many of my Harry Turtledoves on the shelf.
So as not to give too much away, the basic premise is that there is a parallel universe where Neanderthal became the dominant species of man and not Homo sapiens. Through an accident, a Neanderthal physicist is transported into our world.
There is more to this book (and it is open to the next book in the series), but I think this is one of those books where it is best to leave the reader to discover all of the ideas that Mr. Sawyer explores. I have always been a fan of alternate histories, and this book will join many of my Harry Turtledoves on the shelf.