Peter Watts' aliens are neither humans in funny make-up nor incomprehensible monoliths beyond human comprehension - they're something new and infinitely more disturbing, forcing us to confront unpalatable possibilities about the nature of consciousness.
"Blindsight is a tour de force, redefining the First Contact story for good. Blindsight is such a book." -Karl Schroeder It is a rare novel that has the potential to set science fiction on an entirely new course. The result is a shocking and mesmerizing performance, a tour-de-force of provocative and often alarming ideas. "Peter Watts has taken the core myths of the First Contact story and shaken them to pieces. You don't have to Peter Watts has done it for you." -Elizabeth Bear, author of Hammered "Blindsight is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and human hearts without breaking stride. one of the two or three best hard SF writers around, and this is his finest book to date." -Interzone "A brilliant piece of work, one that will delight fans of hard science fiction, but will also demonstrate to literary fans that contemporary science fiction is dynamic and fascinating literature that demands to be read." -The Edmonton Journal Watts puts a terrifying and original spin on the familiar alien contact story. "Watts explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard SF novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment.
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