- Fiction, Neanderthals, Prehistoric peoples, Hugo Award Winner
From back cover Tor paperback February 2003:
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Robert J. Sawyer
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Tor Science Fiction, Tor, Tor Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312876920
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