Blindsight By Peter Watts.epub Today

Every wild idea—from the vampires to the space travel—is backed by a 30-page appendix of real scientific citations.

Peter Watts has made the book available for free under a Creative Commons license on his official site, though you can also find it at retailers like Barnes & Noble .

A genetically resurrected vampire —an extinct, predatory subspecies of human with superhuman processing power but a lethal allergy to right angles (the "crucifix glitch"). Blindsight by Peter Watts.epub

To meet an alien intelligence, humanity sends a crew that is barely human themselves:

40% into Blindsight, by Peter Watts, and quite bored. Should I give up? Every wild idea—from the vampires to the space

The book is notoriously "dense." If you find the jargon heavy at first, stick with it—the payoff in the final third is frequently described by readers on Reddit as life-changing.

A "Synthesist" who had half his brain removed to stop seizures, leaving him a highly analytical observer who lacks traditional empathy. To meet an alien intelligence, humanity sends a

The story begins in 2082 when 65,000 alien probes simultaneously surround Earth, photograph it in a flash of fire, and then vanish. In response, humanity sends the starship Theseus to the edge of the solar system to find out who—or what—is watching.