Starfish

This is definitely not my first reading of Peter Watts and it sure as hell won't be my last. He's rapidly becoming my total absolute favorite hard SF author. Maybe not quite my top top top choice, yet, but he's getting close enough to kick Alaistair Reynolds off his perch and he makes Stephen Baxter......more

4.0 stars This is a grim, dark claustrophobic novel written by one of my favourite sci fi authors. The deep water setting created an incredible atmosphere.  The characters were purposely very unlikeable as this story explored the dark side of humanity. All the content warnings for abuse in this book.......more

A really interesting near future SF with an awesome setting deep underwater. Starfish is for the most part a taut psychological thriller rather than an alien contact or monster story, and it definitely keeps up the level of tension pretty much throughout the book. It was my first book by Canadian au......more

Moja talassofobia dostała talassofobii. A poza tym to lekkie rozczarowanie, spodziewałem się więcej. Są momenty, są fajne pomysły, ale za mało tego jak dla mnie. P.S. Tak, będę kontynuował.......more