Liant
This is the best sci-fi book I've ever read. This book changed my life. Hard sci-fi at its best. Somewhat difficult to read due to the jargons but you can watch many YouTube videos about the book to help you get an idea of what you're getting into (and it's very worth it).
The discussion around consciousness, free will, identity, intelligence, physics; the idea that...we're just a fluke of evolution?? Insane. There are sooo many ideas in the book and IT HAS A REFERENCE AT THE END!! How many hard sci-fi books have the research paper references?! I also really love first contact story and the alien in this book is so out of the box (and so original and unexpected) and the author basically predicted LLM all the way back in 2006. I also can heavily sympathize with the main protagonist and the book is written from his perspective narrating the entire plotline. And Peter Watts' writing is so good when it comes to describing the emotional experiences the protagonist went through, including his love life. So beautiful. So heartbreaking.
I've listened to the audiobook which is superbly read by T. Ryder Smith from Bioshock. I've listened to the audiobook more than 20 times while commuting. It's so good. I recommend everyone to listen to the audiobook version.
This is the best sci-fi book I've ever read. This book changed my life. Hard sci-fi at its best. Somewhat difficult to read due to the jargons but you can watch many YouTube videos about the book to help you get an idea of what you're getting into (and it's very worth it).
The discussion around consciousness, free will, identity, intelligence, physics; the idea that...we're just a fluke of evolution?? Insane. There are sooo many ideas in the book and IT HAS A REFERENCE AT THE END!! How many hard sci-fi books have the research paper references?! I also really love first contact story and the alien in this book is so out of the box (and so original and unexpected) and the author basically predicted LLM all the way back in 2006. I also can heavily sympathize with the main protagonist and the book is written from his perspective narrating the entire plotline. And Peter Watts' writing is so good when it comes to describing the emotional experiences the protagonist went through, including his love life. So beautiful. So heartbreaking.
I've listened to the audiobook which is superbly read by T. Ryder Smith from Bioshock. I've listened to the audiobook more than 20 times while commuting. It's so good. I recommend everyone to listen to the audiobook version.
