The Infinite Library

Episode 22 - "Blindsight" by Peter Watts (feat. Sam Chirtal)

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This week, John and Ben are joined by Ben's friend Sam to discuss one of the great works of scifi-horror: Peter Watts' "Blindsight"! Topics of discussion include "metal science fiction", AI, the nature of intelligence, and (of course) the Gothic.


We hope you enjoy the conversation.


Texts Mentioned this Episode

  • Jane Austen - Persuasion 
  • Adorno & Horkheimer - Dialectic of Enlightenment 
  • Ian Banks - Culture series 
  • Peter Watts - Rifters 
  • Peter Watts - Echopraxia
  • Arthur C Clarke - Rama series 
  • James Gunn - The Listeners 
  • Roger Zelazny - Creatures of Light and Darkness
  • Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light 
  • M. John Harrison - Light  
  • Aase Berg - Dark Matter
  • “Spar” - Kij Johnson
  • Blake Butler - Aannex 
  • Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination 
  • AA Atanasio - Radix novels 
  • Gene Wolf - Book of the New Sun series
    • ...more
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