Blindsight (science fiction novel)

Blindsight (science fiction novel)

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name = Blindsight
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author = Peter Watts
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Tor Books
release_date = 3 October 2006
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 384 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0765312181
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Blindsight is a science fiction novel by Peter Watts, published in 2006.

Blindsight was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel on March 29, 2007. cite web |url=http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo_press_release.html |title= Hugo Nominees (press release) |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5bIXNfgD8|archivedate= 2008-10-03|quote= |accessdate=2008-10-03]

Themes

Blindsight focuses very heavily on the concepts of identity, cognition, and the problems of intelligence. The Chinese Room scenario features prominently in the book.

Literary significance and reception

Carl Hayes in his review for Booklist said "Watts packs in enough tantalizing ideas for a score of novels while spinning new twists on every cutting-edge motif from virtual reality to extraterrestrial biology."cite journal|last=Hays|first=Carl|date=October 1, 2006|title=Blindsight|journal=Booklist|volume=Vol. 103|issue=Issue 3|pages=p45|issn=00067385] Kirkus Reviews said in their review that "Watts carries several complications too many, but presents nonetheless a searching, disconcerting, challenging, sometimes piercing inquisition."cite journal|date=August 15, 2006|title=BLINDSIGHT|journal=Kirkus Reviews|volume=Vol. 74|issue=Issue 16|pages=p816|issn=00426598] Jackie Cassida in her review for Library Journal said that "Watts continues to challenge readers with his imaginative plots and superb storytelling."cite journal|last=Cassada|first=Jackie|date=October 15, 2006|journal=Library Journal|volume=Vol. 131|issue=Issue 17|pages=p55|issn=03630277] Publishers Weekly said that "Watts puts a terrifying and original spin on the familiar alien contact story."cite journal|last=Blindsight|date=August 28, 2006|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=Vol. 253|issue=Issue 34|pages=p36|issn=00000019]

Notes

ee also

* Chernoff face
* Thomas Metzinger's "Being No One" ["Many of the syndromes and maladies dropped into Blindsight I first encountered in Metzinger's book. Any uncited claims or statements in this subsection probably hail from that source." http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm]

References

* [http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm Novel available online]


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