Blindsight by Peter Watts « Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction

An encounter with aliens brings into question the nature of consciousness (and a lot of other cool stuff).

Title: Blindsight

Author: Peter Watts

Length: novel

First Publication: 2006

Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2007

What the Story is About: A spaceship crew from Earth – modified humans and their Homo sapiens vampiris captain – makes first contact with an alien spaceship that brings into question issues of cognition and intelligence. (Wikipedia article)

There is some scientific background on the novel’s vampires – species Homo sapiens vampiris – on Watt’s web site.

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Biology in Peter Watts’ Universe: Vampires, Madonnas and More

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