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Chargement... Echopraxiapar Peter Watts
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I loved Blindsight so much I think of it as a top 3 scifi favorite ever for me and even wrote the author to say how much I loved it (he answered, is a great guy and with a great sense of humor, so military I am surprised he is not one of us, the military). I compared it in its review somewhat to Reynolds, but said Watts was better by being focused. Well, in this one he goes full Reynolds,meaning a lot of extremely imaginative hard sf background, carried forward by a creaking, overburdened narrative chassis. It starts great and then just stalls for half the book. When it picks up again, I was already bored and not invested in the story any more. So. Probably a 5/5 for hard scifi fans, and for engineers. More of a 3/5 for those looking for a more intense and mission-focused story, like myself. PS. It is not Blindsight 2. It happens in parallel. Good to know, because to many that came as a disappointing surprise. I came to this book directly after Blindsight, still buzzing from its challenge and depth. In some ways this book is bigger and more profound than Blindsided, but in others it is less engaging and accessible. Echopraxia backs off the investigation of consciousness and free will, to look at how God can exist in the context of a rational universe. It's a dizzying exploration of faith, the mind, science and the bounds of human identity...but it can be tedious in a way that Blindsight never was. Worse than Blindsight, but that is because Blindsight was so good. It is worse than Blindsight in a number of ways. It touches different themes, but more lightly. Also at the end of Blindsight you get some answers, while here you get even more doubts. Also is different not to have answers because you are dealing with an alien, than not having answers because you are a roach and everybody thinks of you as a pet. Still recommended.
A paranoid tale that would make Philip K. Dick proud, told in a literary style that should seduce readers who don't typically enjoy science fiction. ... Watts' nihilistic meditation on evolution and adaptation is by turns disturbing and gorgeous, with a biologist's understanding of nature's indifference. ... This scientifically literate thriller's tight prose and plot create an existential uneasiness that lingers long after the book's end. Est contenu dansFirefall par Peter Watts Prix et récompenses
En plein désert, Daniel Brüks, biologiste, poursuit son étude de la vie et de ses évolutions mutantes. À l'écart d'un monde qui voit s'éteindre l' homo sapiens au profit d'une humanité génétiquement et technologiquement upgradée, Daniel rumine sa part de responsabilité dans le concert de fléaux qui s'abat sur l'humanité. Mais aussi loin s'est-il retiré, la tornade dévastatrice l'a rattrapé, accompagnée d'une attaque de zombies. Daniel trouve alors refuge dans le monastère voisin. Mais la véritable menace n'a pas encore frappé. Dan, athée convaincu, n'a pas d'autre choix que de suivre la communauté dans son pèlerinage spatial. À bord de La Couronne d'épines, il embarque avec une pilote en quête de vengeance, un soldat en deuil, une femme vampire et un groupe de moines extatiques, à la rencontre des Anges des astéroïdes... " Un conte paranoïaque qui rendrait Philip K. Dick fier, écrit dans un style littéraire qui devrait séduire ceux qui ne sont pas d'habitude amateurs de science-fiction. " Kirkus Reviews " Échopraxie est de la science-fiction sous stéroïdes ou mieux, sous drogues hallucinogènes à haut pouvoir énergisant qui restent à inventer. " Los Angeles Review of Books Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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