Watt, Peter Average customer rating: - Excellent, paranoid, bleak view of First Contact with a stealth serving of philosophy Interesting premise and ideas, but not a "MUST READ" novel! Messy. Fun concepts poorly conveyed. Moby Dick, or The First Contact a unique blending of hard sci fi and fantasy
Blindsight
Peter Watts
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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Release Date: Book Description Customer Reviews: Excellent, paranoid, bleak view of First Contact with a stealth serving of philosophy Blindsight is a wonderful, thought-stimulating and extremely inventive look at a possible first contact scenario. It also deals with the nature of alienness and intelligence. It succeeds very well at staying within the constraints of relatively near-future, plausible science, i.e. hard scifi. But not just hard scifi for the sake, of it. Blindsight really challenges you to think about ways to approach a first contact situation and the incredible scope for finding life that really, really has very little in common with humanity. It uses cyberpunk themes, but does not let them take over the plot by any means. It is also refreshingly well-written, showing a enviable command of the English language and its imagery. Here's my favorite quote: | |
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