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by gpderetta 883 days ago
Do checkout Blindsight because is great, but the Portia reference is actually from the sequel Echopraxia (a good book, but inferior to Blindsight; I mostly remember it for the Portia reference).
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sph 883 days ago
Blindsight. One of the most interesting sci-fi stories I found impossible to get into and enjoy due to the author's dense and obtuse prose. I have a squirrel brain, so maybe it's just me.

I just wish one day someone will be able to turn it in a video game or a movie so I can understand how alien those aliens really are.

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genman 882 days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkR2hnXR0SM

This is notably also adored by Watts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW7_1J9clAA

In case you want to fall down into the rabbit hole then https://blindsight.space

Now I just wish that some serious producer like Nolan would get a hint.

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gpderetta 883 days ago
It is very much a preference thing. I do like Watt's prose quite a bit.
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freilanzer 883 days ago
> Echopraxia (a good book, but inferior to Blindsight

It's been half-read on my nightstand for months now because it just didn't interest me very much halfway through. Yet I read the first one twice.

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