Peter Watts' Blindsight has resonated with me since I first read it. It is a raw, intensely in-depth, hard core science fiction story that (amazingly) includes everything from genetic vampirism to astro-spectroscopy. Not only is it good SF, it delves into the human psyche and provides a chillingly realistic portrayal of how a first encounter would probably be handled by our race. For those of you that enjoy your SF served with a piping hot bowl of reasonably-good-scientific-explanation soup (but not too reasonable... then it would be work, not play), then I suggest taking a gander at Watts' website where he allows the free download of the ebook in many formats. [http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm]
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Peter Watts' Blindsight has resonated with me since I first read it. It is a raw, intensely in-depth, hard core science fiction story that (amazingly) includes everything from genetic vampirism to astro-spectroscopy. Not only is it good SF, it delves into the human psyche and provides a chillingly realistic portrayal of how a first encounter would probably be handled by our race. For those of you that enjoy your SF served with a piping hot bowl of reasonably-good-scientific-explanation soup (but not too reasonable... then it would be work, not play), then I suggest taking a gander at Watts' website where he allows the free download of the ebook in many formats. [http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm]