
Blindsight
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Narrated by:
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T. Ryder Smith
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By:
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Peter Watts
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.
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The concepts are DEEP. Are we really human if we're hitched to computers. Can our brains hold more than one functional personality? Are there aliens so smart and fast that to them we'd look like imbeciles? If there are aliens, what are the chances that we'd ever find them, ever understand them, ever "know" them?
The vampire component is sort of beside the point - it's just one more alien (meaning foreign to human) in a book that is exploring the nature of being alien. (Even those characters that are human are explored for their "alien" characteristics).
Don't read this if you're expecting action (there is little action) or if you're not in the mood to explore the nature of alien-ness because you'll be disappointed. That being said - the narration is very good and the story is engaging and very hard to put down once you get started.
(Though I'm not making any promises that it makes sense in the end... I'm still not sure I understand.)
I don't claim to understand it...
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good luck.
I won't give it one star. but ...
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How can i even put my feelings to words?!!!
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If you have some understanding of human neurophysiology this is a great story. That said, there is quite a bit of technical jargon. This is not your average "humans meet aliens" space opera. Instead it's an examination of the nature of consciousness and how humans would be able to understand beings that have a totally different way of existing and communicating.The reader was adequate, but his tendency to have very similar voices for all the characters sometimes left me confused as to who was speaking and when transitions were happening.
Challenging story
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Narrator Is Awful
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The performance was good enough. You could tell the narrator wasn't enjoying the story either because at times he comes across flat as though in his head he to is trying to figure out parts of the story but he is on a time limit.
Watts has seriously overcomplicated a grest story
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a lot of interesting concepts are presented but never developed.
promising Thriller that Fizzles out
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No one knows where this going
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I'm not intelligent enough to fully comprehend every concept that was described but still enjoyed listening to it.
The narrator was fine but sometimes didn't differentiate between different characters' voice well enough.
The big payoff wasn't very exciting at the end of the book and the most interesting character was underutilized.
The journey to arrive to the conclusion was fascinating and full of mystery. Kept me engaged throughout.
Definitely recommend to fans of hard sci-fi.
Incredibly intelligent and well written
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So good!
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