Blindsight - By Peter Watts.epub

Peter Watts has made the book available for free under a Creative Commons license on his official site, though you can also find it at retailers like Barnes & Noble .

The story begins in 2082 when 65,000 alien probes simultaneously surround Earth, photograph it in a flash of fire, and then vanish. In response, humanity sends the starship Theseus to the edge of the solar system to find out who—or what—is watching.

A "Synthesist" who had half his brain removed to stop seizures, leaving him a highly analytical observer who lacks traditional empathy. Blindsight by Peter Watts.epub

To meet an alien intelligence, humanity sends a crew that is barely human themselves:

The crew encounters alien entities that are vastly more intelligent and faster than humans but appear to have no self-awareness or "inner life". Peter Watts has made the book available for

The central, chilling argument of the book is that .

Every wild idea—from the vampires to the space travel—is backed by a 30-page appendix of real scientific citations. A "Synthesist" who had half his brain removed

A linguist with four distinct personalities surgically partitioned into her brain to process complex alien languages.