Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
Skillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien. The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in stories that are by turns dark, satiric, bold, and introspective. A seemingly humanized monster from John Carpenter's The Thing reveals the true villains in an Antarctic showdown. An artificial intelligence shields a biologically-enhanced prodigy from her overwhelmed parents. A deep-sea diver discovers that her true nature lies not within the confines of her mission but in the depths of her psyche. A court psychologist analyzes a psychotic graduate student who has learned to reprogram reality itself. A father tries to hold his broken family together in the wake of an ongoing assault by sentient rainstorms. Gorgeously saturnine and exceptionally powerful, these collected fictions are both intensely thought-provoking and impossible to forget.Peter Watts is a science-fiction novelist who used to work as a marine biologist. His first Rifters novel, Starfish, was a New York Times Notable Book, and his second novel, Blindsight, has become a required text in undergraduate classes ranging from philosophy to neuroscience, and was a nominee for multiple North American genre awards. Shirley Jackson, Hugo, and Aurora awards have been given to his shorter works, including Beyond the Rift. Watts' work has been credited as an inspiration for various notable video games and is available in twenty languages. He is based in Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616961251 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616961252 |
| Title | Beyond the Rift |
| Author | Peter Watts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tachyon Publications |
| Year published | 2013-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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