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Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction. He earned a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia in 1991 from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology.
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That hive mind back in the cargo hold will see the Face of God. You won't see any of those things. You're baseline, half-blind, a primitive barely climbed down from the trees. You'll see something else entirely: you'll see extinction. Welcome to Icarus. Oh, there'll be a hot time in the old town tonight. A webpage for new Peter Watts' novel.
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Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won the Seiun Award for best translated novel [2] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [3] the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. [5]
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Peter Watts has 180 books on Goodreads with 257954 ratings. Peter Watts’s most popular book is Blindsight (Firefall, #1).
Peter Watts — described by the Globe & Mail as one of the best hard-SF authors alive— writes rigorous science fiction informed by his background as a marine biologist. His work is available in 20 languages, has appeared in two dozen best-of-year anthologies, and has acquired nearly 50 awards and nominations from a dozen countries.