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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) (1997) 5 stars

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last …

But what was the problem? You said we had two incompatible characteristics. What were they?”

Idahya made a rustling noise that could have bee a sigh, but that did not seem to come from his mouth or throat. “You are intelligent,” he said. “That’s the newer of the two characteristics, and the one you might have put to work to save yourselves. You are potentially one of the most intelligent species we’ve found, though your focus is different from ours. Still, you had a good start in the life sciences, and even in genetics.”

“What’s the second characteristic?”

“You are hierarchical. That’s the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal relatives and in your most distant ones. It's a terrestrial characteristice When human intelligence served it instead of guiding it, when human intelligence did not even acknowledge it as a problem, but took pride in it or did not notice it at all...”

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The Left Hand of Dog (Paperback, 2021, White Hart Fiction) No rating

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Die Enkelin (Hardcover, 2021, Diogenes Verlag AG) 4 stars

Birgit ist zu Kaspar in den Westen geflohen, für die Liebe und die Freiheit. Erst …

Sehr schöner Roman

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Die Charaktere und ihre Handlungen sind so glaubwürdig und menschlich. Ich hab wirklich mit ihnen gefühlt. Der Plot war für mich nicht vorhersehbar, aber stimmig. Die Musik, Lyrik und Geschichte sind wichtige Themen. Hat mir Freude gemacht.