Pointed lizard tao example.
3 out of 5
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Call Of Farther Shores - David Niall Wilson
Chip off the old salty figurehead following block.
4 out of 5
4 out of 5
Blindsight - Peter Watts
http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
While Alastair Reynolds borrowed from the Muppets with his Pigs in Space, it seems that Peter Watts may have gone for Colin Wilson's Space Vampires, instead. Reynolds is someone I think you can compare Watts to in tone, although the first person type retelling style of this also brings to mind Robert Charles Wilson's Spin.
A vampire spaceship captain type. Yep, that is right. It doesn't seem dumb, either.
After some non-human contact, a ship is built to go and investigate. The crew are an odd bunch. Add a multiple personality linguist, a guy with half a brain, and a non-conventional soldier to the mix, among others.
When they find them, they struggle to understand their brand of consciousness and use of senses, which is where the title comes from.
Violence is done.
The endnotes for this book are extensive, a fair bit of work done there, and well worth a look after you have finished the book.
Almost another tweener this one, 4.25 perhaps. Rounding up is fine given the work put into the post novel text.
4.5 out of 5
While Alastair Reynolds borrowed from the Muppets with his Pigs in Space, it seems that Peter Watts may have gone for Colin Wilson's Space Vampires, instead. Reynolds is someone I think you can compare Watts to in tone, although the first person type retelling style of this also brings to mind Robert Charles Wilson's Spin.
A vampire spaceship captain type. Yep, that is right. It doesn't seem dumb, either.
After some non-human contact, a ship is built to go and investigate. The crew are an odd bunch. Add a multiple personality linguist, a guy with half a brain, and a non-conventional soldier to the mix, among others.
When they find them, they struggle to understand their brand of consciousness and use of senses, which is where the title comes from.
Violence is done.
The endnotes for this book are extensive, a fair bit of work done there, and well worth a look after you have finished the book.
Almost another tweener this one, 4.25 perhaps. Rounding up is fine given the work put into the post novel text.
4.5 out of 5
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