This is a group for speculative fiction fa ns (science fiction/fantasy) who would like to read and discuss genre lite rature. Each month we'll have a discussion about a book\, either a new rel ease or an older book (but ideally something that most people haven't read yet)\, that we've read before meeting.
\nIn October we will be disc ussing: Hominids\, by Robert J. Sawyer.
\n"Neanderthals have dev eloped a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth. A Neanderth al physicist\, Ponter Boddit\, accidentally passes from his universe into a Canadian underground research facility. Fortunately\, a team of human sc ientists\, including expert paleo-anthropologist Mary Vaughan\, promptly i dentifies and warmly receives Ponter. Solving the language problem and muc h else is a mini-computer\, called a Companion\, implanted in the brain of every Neanderthal. A computerized guardian spirit\, however\, doesn't eli minate cross-cultural confusion\; permanent male-female sexuality\, rape\, and overpopulation are all alien to Ponter. Nor can it help his housemate and fellow scientist back in his world\, Adikor Huld\, when the authoriti es charge Adikor with his murder."
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