I only read about 45% of this. I was impressed by the author's knowledge and use of a lot of technical biological jargon and ideas. That said, it was quite tedious. I was surprised that several of the characters who were experts in their fields jumped at the idea that dramatic evolutionary changes could occur in a single generation, but I had to bail when I saw Lamarckism coming. ( )

SF. Very good about a major evolutionary change in humans and how society cannot deal with it rationally.

Great slow burner. Ended up going out and buying myself a copy of the hardcover because I enjoyed it so much, but despite having read this at the beginning of August I haven't yet gotten around to reading book 2. I think I got burned on Greg Bear when I decided to read something of his when I was either in middle school or high school, and just wasn't old enough to read it and actually understand it, so I've shied away from him ever since. I did the same thing with the Dragon series of Anne McCaffrey's, and when I finally got around to reading it I devoured the whole series. I think, now that I've come back to him, Greg Bear and I are likely to be good friends. ( )

Well, I did like the story concept but for me the "big reveal" just did not satisfy me. Also, it seemed to drag on the last fourth of the book. Having said that, I have no plans to read he second one.
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Una bióloga, Kaye Lang, y un epidemiólogo, Christopher Dicken, temen que algo que ha permanecido dormido en nuestros genes durante millones de años empiece a despertar. Junto con el antropólogo Mitch Rafelson, son los únicos capaces de resolver un rompecabezas evolutivo que puede determinar el futuro de la especie humana...