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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.

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“A rapidly plotted, anthropologically saturated speculative novel…[with] Sawyer-signature wide appeal.” ―The Globe & Mail on Hominids

“A fine combination of love story, social commentary, and ecothriller closes a terrific series with a bang.” ―Booklist, starred review on Hybrids

“Science fiction has a long tradition of stories examining our hominid cousins…. But few such works exhibit the degree of serious research and fertile inventiveness that Sawyer brings to his trilogy.… All in all, it's an anthropological creation worthy of Le Guin.” ―SciFi Weekly on Hybrids

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Robert J. Sawyer is the author of Flashforward, winner of the Aurora Award and the basis for the hit ABC television series. He is also the author of the WWW series―Wake, Watch and Wonder―Hominids, Calculating God, Mindscan, and many other books. He has won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial awards―making him one of only seven writers in history to win all three of science-fiction’s top awards for best novel. He was born in Ottawa and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books; First edition (September 28, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0765326345
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765326348
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.89 x 8.5 inches

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Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He has also won the Robert A. Heinlein Award, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and the Hal Clement Memorial Award; the top SF awards in China, Japan, France, and Spain; and a record-setting sixteen Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”).

Rob’s novel FlashForward was the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name, and he was a scriptwriter for that program. He also scripted the two-part finale for the popular web series Star Trek Continues.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian government, as well as the Order of Ontario, the highest honor given by his home province; he was also one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Rob lives just outside Toronto.His website and blog are at sfwriter.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Patreon he’s RobertJSawyer.

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Barbara Frederick

Loved the Whole Series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2013

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I like the whole series, but I have to admit this one was a little disappointing in comparison to the first two. Maybe it's the title: spoiler alert: the first hybrid is actually still in utero at the end of the book. But the strange things that lead up to the fetus being created are fascinating enough. Perhaps a fourth book for the series? That would definitely be cool.

Ponter Boddit, a Barast (neanderthal) and Mary Vaughan, a Gliksin (like us), were in love and talking about bonding (marriage is not quite the term, but close) and having a child at the end of the second book. But of course there are some pretty obvious difficulties, not the least of which is that we have 23 chromosomes and they have 24. Still, Dr. Vaughan is a geneticist, so if anyone can work out a solution, it is she.

Well, actually, it turns out a Barast geneticist is the one who solves it, but her technique has been banned by the High Gray Council. Her idea was not to create Barast/Gliksin hybrids, but it could be used for that, and for much else. It's the "much else" that forms the danger: once you can synthesize any DNA you want, sooner or later such power will be used for evil. Predictably, it is.

While all this is going on, Ponter and Mary are working out the complications involved in sharing their two very different lives. To me, that's the most interesting part of the story. And again, the fact that Gliksins have brains hard-wired to religious experience while Barasts do not becomes an issue. As an atheist myself, I find this aspect intriguing. Remember, Mary is not simply religious, she is Catholic.

I would rate the entire series 4.5 stars if that were possible, but I'll give this one 4.

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All right, having read the previous ones...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 30, 2006

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Reviews of this book seem to belong to two categories:

A. very negative ones, usually written by ultra-religious folks and

B. very positive ones,written by non-religious folks who had read the other two instalments.

It is my belief one should be somehow more considerate in reviewing this book.

Obviously, it has not got the inventiveness and the fast pace of the first, or of the second.

It does, nonetheless, ask uncomfortable questions and provides also some food for thoughts.

It therefore should not be dragged down.

You need to read the two other volumes first, but once you do, if you are not from a ultra-strict religious upbringing, you are most likely to enjoy this book, which is, inter alia, about tolerance, something in very short supply these days...

After reading all the negative reviews, I first hesitated about buying it and then I expected it to bomb.

I was actually wrong. I quite liked it for the reasons I mentioned above.

Thank you, Mr Sawyer.

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The Camel is in the tent

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Hybrids is the book Sawyer has been leading up to all along. You should definitely read all three books in this trilogy. Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax)], ][[ASIN:0765346753 Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax) , and now Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax) .

I mentioned in an earlier review that with respect to Sawyer's Liberalism" he let the nose of the camel come peeking under the tent. Well, in Hybrids the camel is all the way inside the tent and it has taken a dump in the middle. I'm going to have to hold my nose if I read any more of his stories. In fact I'm going to go read[ [ASIN:0743499204 A State of Disobedience]] just to balance out Sawyer.

Points include the old Military Industrial Complex as the boogieman.

Universal homosexuality being apparently espoused.

Anyhow it is a good story ,but...

I noticed that it didn't win any awards like the other two. Now I know why.

Gunner August,2007

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Disappointing End to Neanderthal Parallax!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2013

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Hybrids is the least likeable of the Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. The implications for Man of a doorway to another alternate Earth is put aside as a subplot in favor of Mary's transformation.

Mary has fallen in love with Ponder, one of the Neanderthal scientists. The "Barasts" have their own code of ethics and Mary struggles with it as it interferes with her Catholic faith.

Much is made of Mary's beliefs and her struggles, much more than she deserves. She's a flighty character, who discovers that Man's religious beliefs, thanks to a pseudo-scientific experiment, creates religious fervor. But the atheistic Barasts don't have this "fault."

Much is also made of the genetic device, banned on the Neanderthal world, that can rewrite any DNA and makes it possible to have a human/barast child, thus the Hybrid part of the tale.

Do we get a cure for AIDS or cancer? Do we finally handle birth defects? Nope. Let's create a bio weapon!

Sawyer rushes the end and I'm really disappointed to see that. Most of the time Sawyer's writing is pretty good, pace is good and not a lot of characters are cardboard.

But as Mary goes from being concerned about her husband's divorce ("I don't want us to be excommunicated!") to not giving a whit that her kid will not have the "religion gene", it was just too much to sort out.

Bottom Line: Not a lot of story regarding the scientists, athletes and so on, as they improve Man's lot. Instead we get a woman who wants all men to die (at least the ones with a special Y chromosome, since that's why some men are evil) and develops a bio weapon to handle that. Oh, and the New Year's scene and the final wedding scene are highly disappointing.

Not recommended, except for Sawyer purists.

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John Hopper

interesting ideas unsubtly presented

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 31, 2012

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I thought this was the weakest of the trilogy. As in Humans, there was relatively little action for much of the book, but a rather excessive, for me, amount of brain dumping on genetics. There was also the same lengthy exploration of scientific, ethical and political ideas, interesting and valid in themselves, but rather overdone and a little too unsubtle for my tastes. The constant presentation of the perfect peace loving Neanderthals (Barasts) as opposed to the violent, planet destroying Humans (Gliksins) I found a little wearing at times. No doubt this book would also give right wing anti political correctness campaigners, a breed with whom I have very little sympathy, some ammunition as the only two white males are a rapist and a scientist plotting genocide of the Neanderthals. I found the ending on our Earth rather unrealistic as well. All that said, a follow up novel about the life of Mary and Ponter's hybrid daughter facing the inevitable prejudice she would no doubt face in both worlds might be interesting. 3/5

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Nergelag

Dire, turgid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 11, 2011

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This series started well with Hominids, a well written novel with some interesting ideas. The second book of the trilogy - Humans - was a lot weaker but very readable. This book is just dire, the author seems to have run both out of ideas and enthusiasm. I struggled my way to the end of the trilogy and wished I hadn't bothered. If you've read and been impressed by Hominids, I'd recommend you stop there.

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Kay Smillie

No religion?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 10, 2016

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A satisfactory ending to an interesting trilogy although it might upset those who have religious beliefs. I like what the author said about religion and why it exists plus why the Neanderthals in this trilogy have no religion. Mixed reviews but I enjoyed it.

Ray Smillie

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fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 27, 2019

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Brilliant book, I couldn't put the kindle down until I reached the end. Very clever plots and interesting ideas. Definitely worth reading.

fastreader

SHOCKING conclusion to Neanderthal / Earthling series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 10, 2012

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This is the third book in The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. The other two being Hominids (book 1) and Humans (book 2).

In this book we find Dr Mary Vaughan (human geneticist) and Ponter Boddit (Neanderthal physicist) continuing their relationship that developed when they first met. Mary has gone over to the parallel Neanderthal world to learn more about their culture.

From the first books we have learned that in the Neanderthal world:

1) The population has been limited to 185 million
2) All the men live on the outskirts of town and all the women live in the middle
3) The women live with their woman mate and children
4) The men live with their man mate
5) Every 25 days the men go into town and visit their woman mate for 4 days
6) Conception is limited to once every 10 years thus aiding the ZPG
7) Regressive genes (violence, disease etc )have been bred out of the population
8) While they have helicopters they don't have airplanes
9) They don't use fossil fuels but rather solar power
10) They have a strong opinion about religions, because they don't have any
11) They have an implanted electronic companion that records everything they do so crime and violence is rare

Mary and Ponter want to have a child however their chromosomes are different so it would not be possible. They meet a disgraced Neanderthal geneticist who may have solved that problem and smuggle out her equipment that has banned to be used.

However her boss, Jock, who works for the military designs an airborne virus that will only kill Neanderthals and leave their idealic world available to the humans.

The race is then on with Ponter and Mary trying to stop Jock. There are other minor story arcs that add variety to the book and it is highly entertaining

While this book is the third in a trilogy it stands alone as a great read. The background from the other two books, at least the highlights, is included in flashbacks to flush out the story arc.

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