Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Language is not the principal focus of the story, as it. Recently i finished reading peter watts and his extraordinary books. Imagine you live in the world of the late 21st century, he means. Blindsight by peter watts a science girl in a fantasy world. After the firefall, all eyes are locked heavenward as a team of specialists aboard the self. Mar 03, 2011 blindsight is also available to read through peter wattss website. Fiasco and embassytown both share blindsight s sense of being an inspired work, having larger observations about humanity and consiousness and unique perspective, as well as being first contact stories.
It would let her pretend the books had been balanced. Blindsight is also available to read through peter wattss website. Oct 03, 2006 blindsight is the hugo awardnominated novel by peter watts, a hard science fiction writer through and through and one of the very best alive the globe and mail. Blindsight is also available to read through peter watts s website. Fiasco and embassytown both share blindsights sense of being an inspired work, having larger observations about humanity and consiousness and unique perspective, as well as being first contact stories. Now some halfderelict space probe, sparking fitfully past neptunes orbit, hears a whisper from the. Apr 21, 2020 hugo and shirley jackson awardwinning peter watts stands on the cutting edge of hard sf with his acclaimed novel, blindsight two months since the stars fell. Blindsight is one of those rare books that alters the readers. Two months have past since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the earth, screaming as they burned. I just finished peter watts blindsight and im hoping rscifi can recommend more titles like this one. Set in 2082, peter watts blindsight is fastmoving hard sf that pulls readers into a futuristic world where a mindbending alien encounter is about to unfold. Peter watts blindsight this month, were reading peter watts blindsight in my sff book club.
Blindsight is the hugo awardnominated novel by peter watts, a hard science fiction writer through and through and one of the very best alive the globe and mail. Elizabeth bear is the twotime hugowinning author of grail, the sea thy mistress, and a bunch of other things. In this case i cant, specifically, except maybe that i heard about peter watts or blindsight somewhere, maybe io9, and it seemed like something i could one of the nice things about having goodreads to help me track my reading, what ive read and what i want to read, is that sometimes i can remember why ive put something on my list. Years ago, i watched solaris by andrej tarkovsky, and blindsight kind of reminded me of it, in some very very distant way.
T hese documents are available under a creative commons license. Its my opinion that peter wattss blindsight is the best hard science fiction novel of. This idea is similar to the concept of philosophical zombie, as it is understood in philosophy of mind. But like all the best science fiction, and this is among the best of. A conversation with peter watts clarkesworld magazine.
In 2014, peter watts followed blindsight with echpraxia a sidequel written about concurrent events in the world of blindsight and elsewhere on earth. It garnered nominations for a hugo award for best novel, a john w. The lead character is a zombie like character riding in a starship crewed by an immortal post humans. In the wake of this disaster, tor books was reluctant to commit to blindsight, hamstringing it with an anemic print run and a nonexistent promotional campaign. Though sometimes i felt kinda lost and thought hey, this is too hard sifi for me it was nothing. The second teaser of upcoming collaborative project based on blindsight novel by peter watts. Dec 11, 2017 the second teaser of upcoming collaborative project based on blindsight novel by peter watts. Its been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the earth, screaming as they burned. Basically, you can download, copy, and distribute to your furry little hearts content. It was a comment i disliked strongly at the time and am still not especially keen on, but i have to admit that there is an element of truth to the dig.
Imagine you are siri keeton says siri keeton, via peter watts. Campbell memorial award for best science fiction novel, and a locus award for best science fiction novel, and won the seiun award for best translated novel. If you liked blindsight by peter watts, here are some books like this. Two months of silence, while a world holds its breath. Peter watts 2006 novel blindsight is a hard sf take on first contact, and there are, naturally, some linguistic aspects in the mix, here. Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. For more information on this title visit the peter watts website. Peter watts has 121 books on goodreads with 151030 ratings. Jul 24, 2018 what blindsight does so daringly following in the footsteps of books like paul mcauleys fairyland and gene wolfes essay how science will conquer the world for fantasy from castle of days is coopt a symbol of the fantastic, of horror, for these science fictional purposes. This sort of thing happens to many authors and many books. The diamond age neal stephenson american fiction united states english fiction. I would strongly suggest fiasco by stanislav lem and embassytown by china mieville. Blindsight by watts, peter, 1958publication date 2006.
The heavens have been silent sinceuntil a derelict space probe hears whispers from a. Blindsight, by canadian author peter watts, is a weird, unflinchingly intense. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. November 2006 niall harrison fiction blindsight by peter watts. I read peter watts blindsight last year, and i found it amazing echopraxia, not so much, strangely. Book recommendations for people who like blindsight by peter watts.
Some of them might be addressed in his soon to be published novel echopraxia, which is a sequel to blindsight, but other, even more profound questions will without a doubt stem from the answers. Blindsight by peter watts download link ebooks directory. Most people would say it started with the fireflies, but theyd be wrong. If you like blindsight you might like similar books echopraxia, starfish, beyond the rift, maelstrom, permutation city. It is a story about humanity, and what that meansand whether or not it is a good thing.
Ive gotten really into hard science fiction and especially love when a story gets into philosophical territory like blindsight does. Sep 27, 2010 blindsight and other novels and stories are available on peter watts website for free download under a creative commons license. Not with the scramblers or rorschach, not with big ben or theseus or the vampires. I also like the dark undertones throughout the book. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown. It is a story about a pack of individuals pushing at the very razors edge of what it even means to be human, faced with the truly alien. Charles stross, author of the delirium brief blindsight is excellent. Set in 2082, peter watts blindsight is fastmoving, hard sf that pulls readers into a futuristic world where a mindbending alien encounter is about to unfold. Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by canadian writer peter watts, published by tor books in 2006. The novel follows a crew of astronauts sent out as the third. Its no surprise that such a static, unchanging view of the world would be anathema to a writer like peter watts, an evolutionminded marine.
Im glad i read blindsight before i read peter watts blog. Because based on his blog, ive concluded that hes kind of a jerk. At the end, with his readers awestruck and hungry, watts leaves more questions than answers. The heavens have been silent since until a derelict space probe hears whispers. Peter watts two months after the earth is taken over by an alien species, a space probe detects a faint signal from the edge of the solar system and attempts to make contact, despite the dangers the signal hints.
At first blush, shteyngarts acclaimed novel is just what it sounds like. Review of blindsight by peter watts best fantasy books blog. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. After the firefall, all eyes are locked heavenward as a team of specialists aboard the selfpiloted spaceship theseus hurtles outbound to intercept an unknown intelligence. Two months since sixtyfive thousand alien objects clenched around the earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Blindsight is a book about consciousness, and awareness, and sentience. Canadian author watts explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard sf novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment.