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Product Identifiers

PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-10076532802X

ISBN-139780765328021

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309734406

Product Key Features

Book TitleEchopraxia

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / General

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorPeter Watts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-015442

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsA 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., Praise for Blindsight "A brilliant piece of work, one that will delight fans of hard science fiction, but will also demonstrate to literary fans that contemporary science fiction is dynamic and fascinating literature that demands to be read."- The Edmonton Journal "Watts explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard SF novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment.... Watts puts a terrifying and original spin on the familiar alien contact story . "- Publishers Weekly, starred review, For Blindsight "A brilliant piece of work, one that will delight fans of hard science fiction, but will also demonstrate to literary fans that contemporary science fiction is dynamic and fascinating literature that demands to be read." - The Edmonton Journal "Watts explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard SF novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment.... Watts puts a terrifying and original spin on the familiar alien contact story . " - Publishers Weekly, starred review, "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." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisPrepare for a different kind of singularity in Peter Watts' Echopraxia, the follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsight It's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie switches that shut off self-awareness during combat. And it's all under surveillance by an alien presence that refuses to show itself. Daniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he's turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself at the center of a storm that will turn all of history inside-out. Now he's trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. To his left is a grief-stricken soldier, obsessed by whispered messages from a dead son. To his right is a pilot who hasn't yet found the man she's sworn to kill on sight. A vampire and its entourage of zombie bodyguards lurk in the shadows behind. And dead ahead, a handful of rapture-stricken monks takes them all to a meeting with something they will only call "The Angels of the Asteroids." Their pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself.

LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.W386E24