Echopraxia

2022 Update: I enjoyed this book much more the second time around compared to my first reading. It’s smarter, more coherent, and more interesting than I remember. I think I understood it better, both because I’m more familiar with some of the ideas Watts was working with, and also because I’m less al......more

The novel is surprisingly easy to place in the taxonomy of great science fiction. Of course, to do so, one must first place Blindsight in it's proper place. It was a philosophical discussion on consciousness. Echopraxia, follows it's predecessor's conclusions, necessary story extrapolations, but it......more

Echopraxia: Nowhere near as good as Blindsight Originally posted at Fantasy Literature I was extremely impressed by Peter Watts’ Blindsight (2006), a diamond-hard sci-fi novel about first contact, AIs, evolutionary biology, genetically-engineered vampires, sentience vs intelligence, and virtual realit......more

5 Stars Echopraxia by Peter Watts is a rare case where the sequel outdoes the beginnings. I loved Blidnsight, I would have never imagined a case where I thought that a sequel would make for a better and longer lasting read….Wow…here it is. Echopraxia takes the philosophical approach of blindsight one......more

Ok, so it’s pretty clear that Peter Watts doesn’t think very highly of the human race. When I look around at the state of the world we’ve made I have to admit that I’m not sure I can blame him. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like he thinks much of the possible post-human solutions to the ‘problem’ ei......more