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Blindsight

By: Peter Watts
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
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Set in 2082, Peter Watts' Blindsight is fast-moving, hard SF that pulls readers into a futuristic world where a mind-bending alien encounter is about to unfold.

After the Firefall, all eyes are locked heavenward as a team of specialists aboard the self-piloted spaceship Theseus hurtles outbound to intercept an unknown intelligence.

©2006 Peter Watts (P)2008 Recorded Books LLC Hard Science Fiction First Contact Science Fiction Emotionally Gripping Fantasy
Thought-provoking Concepts • Unique Alien Perspective • Excellent Character Differentiation • Complex Philosophical Themes

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This book has no focus and just goes down rabbit holes of random aspects of a potential future society. The reader is not great at having separate voices for each character and often falls back to his normal voice mid sentence

Tries to do too much

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I like weird !!! But this might be too weird in the unexplained areas. A big idea/question in this story is the difference between sentience and intelligence, also predators, also time, how we deceive ourselves.This just also had a lot of missing transitions in the story line, which made it for me depressingly and prohibitively hard to figure stuff out. I guess that is why some reviewers said that they listened to it twice. Yes, there is tension to find out who survives to the end, or when and how they'll get to really communicate deeply and interestingly with the alien(s)(?) It did well in conveying a sense of futility and lonely mess that really not makes me want to buy another book in this universe for now. There is already too much depressing, bewildering, unexplained ugliness and violence in my world . Since the book did not reward me with many insights( I might be too uneducated in the areas of biology and other areas some people really find brilliant & interesting in this tale, according to their reviews), nor interesting or beautiful descriptions of any kind, I am not very motivated to read more of this author's universe right now . I would like to find out more about what the hinted on future holds; but it is really left open ended. If you're going to get this; I think the odds are 60:40 wether you'd like it (40 % on that you might like it)

First weird contact

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I’m all for witty writing and actually enjoy technical specs in my sci-fi, but this winding tale was far too difficult for its own good or mine. Finished out of spite and the hope that it would get interesting or make sense. Neither happened.

A struggle

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An excellent story that goes deeply into the science, philosophy and evolution of consciousness. Listen once for the story, then a second time for deeper absorption of the concepts.

Philosophical Treatise packed in great story

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Where does Blindsight rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top 5

Who was your favorite character and why?

Siri Keeton because I can relate to him (sort of). He's an outcast even among outcasts. I also enjoy the very mechanical way in which he views people. I understand that, though Siri , due to his radical hemispherectomy takes it to the nth degree.

Which scene was your favorite?

When the characters start to question the importance of sentience. Sent chills down my spine.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes. It made me think. Hard. I was brooding all day after this one. It put my brain to work as I tried to sort out my feelings on it. What am I? Am I meaningless? Could my intelligence survive without my consciousness?

It really made me think.

Any additional comments?

There are so many ideas batted around in this story that it will be worth a second, third, and even fourth read.

What's so great about people?

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