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[purplejavatroll]

A short while ago, I borrowed a novel from puppytown. It was "Starfish" by Peter Watts. And it was good. Really good. Great, actually. Some of the best SF I've read in quite some time. SF as written by a marine biologist is... different

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[purplecthulhu]

Blindsight has received an awful lot of good press in the SF community. I wouldn't be surprised if it was nominated for something this summer. I just got it myself via Amazon, and I know a fair number of UK fans who have it. I didn't know his stuff was available online, though - if I like Blindsight I can see I'll be downloading some of his earlier stuff!

[puppytown]

I'd love to hear what you think of Blindsight!

I, too, have ordered the rest of his books and I'm gleeful at having so! much! good! stuff to read.

[purplejavatroll]

And mine have arrived! Yay!

pjt

[purplejavatroll]

Oh, and I also picked up the latest China Mieville book on Thursday. Yay!

pjt

[buhrger]

ooo! looks good! thanks!

[minnaleigh]

I will definitely have to check those out. Is it a series or separate books?

[purplejavatroll]

"Blindsight" is a stand alone as far as I can tell. "Starfish", "Maelstrom" and "Behemoth" were meant to be a trilogy, but the last book ended up being split into two books, "B-max" and "Seppuku".

pjt

[minnaleigh]

I'm just starting "Maelstrom" right now. I was totally hooked from very early on in "Starfish". Thanks!!

[purplejavatroll]

Yay, yay! I've managed to convince someone to read the books! My life has not been in vain!

pjt