Published by tor books, october 2006. When a probe of our own intercepts an extraterrestrial signal of unknown origin and receipt shortly thereafter, a team is sent to investigate, and possibly make first contact. Freeze-frame Revolution The - Tachyon Publications Revenge fantasies and essays by peter watts (goodreads author) 3.92 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions Blindsight peter watts plot . “peter watts is ‘hard sf’ “, i was told.‘you need a science degree just to think about reading it’, i was warned. Originally published in 2006, peter watt’s blindsight tells the story of what happens when 65,000 alien probes flashed simultaneously, instantaneously surveying the earth. It's a dark and cerebral first contact story that deals heavily with issues of sapience and what it means to be an intelligent species. For lisa if we're not in pain, we're not alive. It's a dark and cerebral first contact story that deals heavily with issues of s...