In "Hominids," Nebula Award-winning author Sawyer introduced a character readers will never forget: Ponter Boddit. Now, Boddit and his homo sapien lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, are torn between two worlds, struggling to find a way to make their star-crossed relationship work.

Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radically different history, society and philosophy. Ponter Boddi, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally pierces the barrier between worlds and is transferred to our universe....

While pursuing an elusive nuclear particle, an experiment veers off course and for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown forward about twenty years, giving everyone a glimpse of the future.

"An alien shuttle craft lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. A six-legged, two-armed alien emerges, who says, in perfect English, 'Take me to a paleontologist.' It seems that Earth, and the alien's home planet, and the home planet of another alien species traveling on the alien mother ship, all experienced the same five cataclysmic events at about the same time. ... Both alien races believe this proves the existence of God."--Jacket....

The Second Time Travel Megapack collects 23 more tales of travel through time, by great modern and classic authors. Included are:

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES, by Robert J. Sawyer

THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL, by Mack Reynolds

THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 18, by Grendel Briarton

TIME WELL SPENT, by George Zebrowski

THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner

SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald

IN THE CARDS, by Alan

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The 13th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® continues the bestselling anthology series, presenting modern and classic works of speculative fiction. This edition features an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer plus 26 great stories! Included are:

SARGASSO OF LOST STARSHIPS, by Poul Anderson

THE DAY IS DONE, by Lester del Rey

X MARKS THE PEDWALK, by Fritz Leiber

RAFT, by Larry Tritten

SPACEMAN ON A SPREE, by Mack Reynolds

THE MASKED WORLD,

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This volume assembles a mammoth collection of modern Sherlock Holmes stories — no less than 25 tales by modern masters, such as Carla Coupe, Gary Lovisi, Richard A. Lupoff, Robert J. Sawyer, Mike Resnick, and many more! (It's also an authorized edition, produced under license from Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.)

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ELUSIVE EMERALDS, by Carla Coupe
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND ROUND, by Mark Wardecker
THE ADVENTURE OF THE

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