It is this mission that forms the bulk of the novel. Keeton (the book's principal protagonist) is a synthesist who gathers information both for analysis and as a living archivist for the mission. Some months later, a probe in the outer solar system detects a signal, but it is not a signal directed at Earth, but at something even further out.Īnd so an interplanetary craft with a crew of four is sent on mission to investigate: Isaac to study the 'aliens' Susan (and her multiple personalities) to talk to them Amanda (a military major) to fight if necessary Jukka (a 'vampire') to command and Siri An assessment is made and it appears that someone, or some agent, has taken a snapshot of the Earth. One night (or day depending on where you were) in the last couple of decades of the 21st century, the sky turned into a grid of pinpoint lights that came down to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere.
Blindsight by Peter Watts Fiction Reviews
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