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The first English colonists reach the North Americas, but they don't find Indians-only Pleistocene mammals and subhuman anthropoids(Homo erectus), which they call 'sims'. The moral implications of this discovery unfold for the next three hundred and fifty years, mostly for the better but not always for the best.
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The review of this Book prepared by Brian R. Hughes



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Plot & Themes

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?    -   alternate history Explore/1st contact/ enviro story    -   Yes Explore:    -   fighting a disease/illness affecting everyone Romance    -   Yes Romance plotlets:    -   two lovers coping with tough mission Repressive society story    -   Yes Inner Struggle    -   Yes Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book

Setting

Terrain    -   Forests Earth setting:    -   20th century    -   19th century    -   18th century    -   17th century Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   explicit references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only)    -   some scientific explanation Sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   descript of kissing    -   descript of touching personal anatomy    -   impregnation/reproduction    -   actual description of sex    -   description of breasts    -   descript. of private male anat.    -   descript. of non-breast female anat. How much dialogue?    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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