I felt very odd when I first ran across Canadian science fiction author and biologist Peter Watts’ work - “Peter Watts” was the name of a major character, sometimes-hero, sometimes-villain, always mysterious, in my favorite television show ever, “Millennium”. So of course I was surprised when I found that there’s a real person named Peter Watts, writing science fiction.

I just finished Watts’ most recent book, “Blindsight” and enjoyed it quite a bit. Easy to categorize as a first contact story, its deeper themes are a fascinating exploration of consciousness and sentience. I was frustrated at times because the story didn’t go where I expected it to, and to some extent where I wanted it to, but taking you somewhere other than the familiar is often the hallmark of a good story.

Watts has made his most recent book and his previous trilogy all available for free download under a Creative Commons license. Or you can still buy them the conventional way. You can find the first three novels here and “Blindsight” here.

“Blindsight”

“Starfish (Rifters Trilogy)”

“Maelstrom (Rifters Trilogy)”

“Behemoth: B-Max”

Via: Boing Boing - Peter Watt’s Blindsight - breakout novel under CC
Via: Boing Boing - Peter Watts’s wonderful dystopias under a CC license

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