A collection of essays by Peter Watts, creator of Blindsight and the Rifters trilogy, Hugo Award winner and one of the most unusual and talented science fiction writers of our time. Here, scientific theories coexist with piercing memoirs, reviews of...
films and books with unexpected and provocative futurological forecasts, harsh social commentary alongside cutting-edge hypotheses from the worlds of biology and physics, and incredible sincerity mixed with dark humor. Once, Peter Watts was almost eaten by a bacterium. He grew up in a family of fervent Baptists who hated gifts. Once, a schizophrenic nearly burned down his house. Watts easily writes about the peculiarities of human thought and consciousness, climate change, dolphin language, the inevitable end of the world, Star Trek, Solaris, Prometheus, and the works of Philip K. Dick. Watts' spectrum of interests is vast, and his views are always paradoxical.
A collection of essays by Peter Watts, creator of Blindsight and the Rifters trilogy, Hugo Award winner and one of the most unusual and talented science fiction writers of our time. Here, scientific theories coexist with piercing memoirs, reviews of films and books with unexpected and provocative futurological forecasts, harsh social commentary alongside cutting-edge hypotheses from the worlds of biology and physics, and incredible sincerity mixed with dark humor. Once, Peter Watts was almost eaten by a bacterium. He grew up in a family of fervent Baptists who hated gifts. Once, a schizophrenic nearly burned down his house. Watts easily writes about the peculiarities of human thought and consciousness, climate change, dolphin language, the inevitable end of the world, Star Trek, Solaris, Prometheus, and the works of Philip K. Dick. Watts' spectrum of interests is vast, and his views are always paradoxical.
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