Talk:the show: 01-09-07

From zefrank

If you enjoyed yesterday and today's shows, there's a good chance you'd enjoy the writing of Peter Watts. He's one of my favorites, and his latest novel explores the idea that consciousness was an evolutionary accident, other inteligent species are not likely to share it, and it will soon go the way of the appendix. Also, it has space vampires.

Best of all, he's trying to drum up sales by making the text available online. Read it for free (or give your eyes a break and buy a hardcopy) at: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm

His research notes for the book (http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf) are pretty interesting too.

P.S. I'm not a shill, I just want the morose SOB to make enough money to keep writing.