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Blindsight by Peter Watts. It was mentioned here several times, so I bowed to peer pressure and pirated it like a child of the 1990s Internet that I am. It's
by jiggawatts 4y ago
Blindsight by Peter Watts.
It was mentioned here several times, so I bowed to peer pressure and pirated it like a child of the 1990s Internet that I am.
It's definitely imaginative. I do love a good unique universe that is distinct from everything else. It's not a space opera in the traditional sense. It explores notions that likely no other author has, such as the Chinese Room thought experiment.
The spaceship captain is a vampire, and that's just a detail, but a part of the plot, but not at all how you would assume, which is what makes this book great.
- EdwardCoffin 4y agoI couldn't tell whether you were joking about pirating it, but for others who might be interested, the author has made it available for free download from his website [1]. I love Blindsight as well, and I think I like the other book in the series, Echopraxia (not available for free download though) even more. Both books contain lengthy bibliographies citing various scientific papers the author has drawn ideas from, and on my first readings of both books I ended up spending as much time chasing down interesting references and reading them as I did reading the original books. [1] https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
- therealdrag0 4y agoI loved Blindsight. But thought Echo was I where close as good.