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Blindsight by Peter Watts
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An encounter with aliens brings into question the nature of consciousness (and a lot of other cool stuff). |
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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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Categories: 2000-2009 • Aliens & Monsters • Genetic Engineering • Genetics & Mutations • Neuroscience • Novel • Vampires • Watts - Peter
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