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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the third book in Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. In this book Ponter Boddit and his homo sapien lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan are trying to sort out how they can make their relationship work between their parallel worlds. With some of the Neanderthal technology they are planning to conceive the first hybrid child. Hybrid provides a satisfying conclusion to the tale. It also provides much for thought regarding gender, selective breeding, looking through jaded eyes at an unspoiled world. (  ) punxsygal | Mar 8, 2009 |  Somehow Sawyer writes books that ask thought provoking questions like: what is our nature? What if there was no violence? And combines it heart pumping action and romance. Ponder Boddit and Mary Vaughn return, asking is it possible for them to forge a life together? Can Mary have their baby? With banned Neanderthal technology the answer is yes. But —Mary’s boss is U.S. military and attempts to take that technology to deliver a weapon that will kill the Neanderthals so we can have their unpolluted world. (  ) anyanwubutler | Oct 12, 2008 | the entire series is great Not only is this simply a good story with believable characters and relationships, but also great in terms of social commentary and scientific theory. I am already looking forward to rereading the series all over again. I definitely recommend beginning with Hominids, then proceeding through the series to Humans, then Hybrids. (  )1  taylorh | Apr 11, 2008 | Unlike much science fiction, this trilogy generally avoids any jarring moments. You may ask yourself if someone would really do this or that, but these are opportunities for reflection, not irritation. It’s a fascinating opportunity to evaluate our way of life and the advantages (and disadvantages) of the Neanderthal alternative, as well as what it means to be human. With logical minds absent of religion, the Neanderthals happily exchange certain freedoms, such as to have a child at any time (they are hardly even aware of privacy as a concept) for their safety and their economic security (if such a term may be applied to hunting and gathering). I was particularly intrigued by the ethics of using technology to create a child who could not exist in nature, picking traits from each species. The probing of relationships is equally interesting; Hybrids invites you to ask how far you can go for love, and it’s acknowledged that Mary and Ponter might have psychological reasons for being drawn to each other (due to Mary’s rape and the death of Ponter’s first woman-mate), but that that does not make their love for each other less real. I enjoyed the whole series immensely, as both thought-provoking and a fun read. (  )1 jholcomb | Feb 16, 2008 | A terrific conclusion to a terrific series. For a while I was afraid that Sawyer had allowed his story to become more of a standard thriller (not that I don't like thrillers), but he pulled the pieces together very nicely. I certainly hope that Hybrids is not the last appearance of Ponter Boddit. ( )1 MSWallack | Jan 26, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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