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ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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"A gripping medical SF thriller. Highly recommended." — Library Journal

• Seiun Award winner
• Hugo Award finalist
• A Summer 2007 Recommended Reading Pick by the journal Science
• One of the five best SF novels of the year, according to Library Journal
• A Barnes and Noble Online "Editor's Pick"
• A Selection of The Science Fiction Book Club

Hardcover: Tor, June 1997, ISBN 0-312-86325-X; US$23.95 / CDN$32.95

Paperback: Tor, November 1998, ISBN 0-812-57108-8; US$6.99 / CDN$8.99

Trade Paperback: Tor, November 2005, ISBN 0-765-31316-2; US$14.95 / CDN$19.95

UK edition from HarperCollins Voyager

An SF thriller set against the backdrop of the Human Genome Project.

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• Opening chapters
• Typical passage (a quick taste of the novel)
• More of the novel, on the occassion of the death of John Demjanjuk

• Jacket blurb
• Lost chapters cut from the published version
• Reviews
• Book club discussion guide

• US hardcover and paperback covers
• Publication-quality version of the book's cover

• Press release
• Radio-TV Interview Report
• On writing Frameshift
• Structural analysis of the novel
• Annotated dedication and acknowledgments
• Genetic code chart
• The Outline from which this novel was written

• Rob's CBC column on Neanderthals
• Rob's CBC column on Telomeres
• Rob's CBC column on Nature vs. nurture
• Rob's CBC column on Fraud in science

• Rob's other novels about Neanderthals: Hominids, Humans, and Hybrids

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