The Freeze-Frame Revolution is also fantastic, along with the short stories, which collectively form the "Sunflower" cycle. Watts writes the smartest but also

The Freeze-Frame Revolution is also fantastic, along with the short stories, which collectively form the "Sunflower" cycle. Watts writes the smartest but also scariest science fiction. There's an aura of existential, Lovecraftean dread in all his writings that I find incredibly appealing. In the case of Sunflower, Watts is able to make the idea of floating through space for millions of years, unable to stop, into something genuinely upsetting. It's bleak, but also really well plotted. Not too long ago, Watts published a short story set right after Blindsight, "The Colonel". It's an excellent, standalone read.