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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

Start date: April 5, 2011

Finish date: May 2, 2011

Discussion: 2011 Reads

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Apr 22, 2011 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it liked it

Shelves: sword-and-laser, read2011, sci-fi-fantasy

There is some great discussion going on of this book in the Sword and Laser Group, highly recommended if you want to delve deeper into discussion of consciousness, humanity, and a post-sex society, all of which are included in this book.

This book is thought provoking, although the premise is strange, and it is possible to start going in spirals of confusion if you think about it too much. That happens a lot with unreliable narrators, and ours happens to have half of his brain surgically removed ...more

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Sep 26, 2022 Dave rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sf, horror

A hard sf first contact story that’s packed with ideas. Disliked the quotes that started each chapter, but otherwise this was quite stunning.

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Mar 05, 2015 travelgirlut rated it liked it

Oh, how I wish I had chosen a better time to read this. I jumped into this book on a vacation when I was only able to read in fits and starts, and that is not how this book should be read. You really shouldn't start this book unless you can devote large chunks of time to it. There's some pretty deep stuff that goes on here. I know I wasn't able to fully grasp what was going on in some parts of the story. Though I do think there were a few places where the main character has an "ah ha" moment and ...more

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Mar 29, 2007 Clarice rated it liked it

Shelves: at-the-library

This was an ok book by Peter Watts. It had space exploration, first contact, vampires, multiple personality disordered people, people that were more machine than person, etc. I was able to read it, but did not find it as enjoyable as Starfish, which is still my favorite of his novels so far. Though I think this could make an excellent movie in the right hands.

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