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

from The Infinite Library · host John Hagele

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

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