Peter Watts' Blindsight - breakout novel under CC
Peter writes the angriest, darkest sf I've ever read, heart-rending stuff that makes you glad you're alive if only because you're better off than his characters. He's also a wild talent when it comes to the intersection of biology and tech (he's got a Ph.D. in Marine Biology), the kind of person who spits out ideas that lesser writers end up hashing over for a decade afterwards (he once posited a perfectly plausible means by which a computer virus and human pandemic could co-evolve, for example).
Watts is vertiginously high on my list of relevant, literary SF authors; I can't think of a better Christmas gift to give to oneself than an free copy of "Blindsight."
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Ironically, seeing that made me decide to order a copy of Amazon - less than 15 minutes ago actually.
I think that was Watts' plan! :-)
I'da bought it sooner - if I coulda actually found it in meatspace. A pox on Tor.
I have the feeling B&N isn't going to carry it. Fuck 'em. They don't stock my book anymore either.
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