Blindsided by Blindsight

I reprint this article from two years ago in response to a question by a reader, who goes by the august yet duodecimal title of Wildrow12 (not his real name). I offered the opinion that BLINDSIGHT by Peter Watts was an excellent yet flawed book, and was asked in what way I found the work flawed.

My regret about this article is that it concentrates so heavily on the negative, that the real strengths and virtues of the book, it expert world building and effortless genius of...