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[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

You should read Blindsight by Peter Watts.

Yeah, when I read that book I was like: this reminds me of that time I freaked out in high school!

I admire the fact that the author put it online for free, and it's a pretty good book, but it could have been better... Watts could have taken all those ideas about consciousness and humanity and produced something like 1984 or Catch-22 that embodies ideas that might otherwise get lost in abstractions. Unfortunately the ideas all get a little muddled.

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah for sure! On the other hand it being such a dense, philosophical book means it really stands up to and benefits from a re-read! And the audiobook has a great narrator IMO.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well, this conversation inspired me to finally read The Colonel, which reminded me of how great some of Watts' ideas could be. Guess I'll have to get a copy of Echopaxia next.

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Oh damn I didn't know about that! I'll be reading that this week, thanks for the link!

Echopaxia was definitely different, I wasn't crazy about it my first read through but it had me shook pretty good my second read through. I highly recommend it!

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I think if you've already read Echopraxia then The Colonel won't tell you much new, it's more like a transition between the two novels.

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