![]() ![]() Siri's narrative prose is spiced with new ideas and concepts. The ship itself must be included here as at its heart lies an Artificial Intelligence. The other members of the crew are equally distinguished - most share a cognitive feature that sets them apart. It is clear that the perspective of this prologue is that of post voyage-of-discovery, post alien-encounter. ![]() ![]() It was this sense, a result of radical brain surgery, that 30 years later earned him his berth aboard Theseus. To aid in understanding of the story, Siri begins with a short prologue describing events that occurred when he was 8 years old that left him with a chronic sense of being an alien among those around him. The book's narrator is Siri Keeton, a member of the crew of the space ship Theseus. In this variation, author Peter Watts assembles a ship's crew to voyage from Earth to meet (and perhaps do battle with) something that, although completely unknown, has nevertheless been established to be an extraterrestrial intelligence.īut this bare description does a disservice to the novel, its scope and breadth, and the intricacies of its plot. The first-contact theme is common in science fiction, but it's a riff capable of endless variations, many of which are fascinating. Blindsight is a first-contact story whereby the narrative hinges on humankind's first encounter with something truly alien. ![]()
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