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1、BlindsightWatts,PeterPublished:20061AboutWatts:PeterWattsisaCanadiansciencefictionauthorandmarine-mammalbiologist.HisfirstnovelStarfish(2000)introducedLenieClarke,adeep-oceanpower-stationworkerphysicallyalteredforunderwaterlivingandthemaincharacterinthesequels:Maelstrom(2001),Behemoth:ß-M
2、ax(2004)andBehemoth:Seppuku(2005).Thelasttwovolumescompriseonenovel,publishedsplitintoforcommercialconsiderations.Starfish,MaelstromandBehemothcompriseatrilogyusuallyreferredtoas"Rifters"afterthemodifiedhumansdesignedtoworkindeep-oceanen-vironments.HislatestbookBlindsight,releasedOctober2
3、006,hasbeendescribedbyCharlesStrossas"Imagineaneurobiology-obsessedversionofGregEganwritingafirstcontactwithaliensstoryfromthepointofviewofazombieposthumancrewmanaboardastarshipcaptainedbyavampire,withnotdyingastheboobieprize."WattshasalsobeentheSu-pervisingWriterontheanimatedscienceficti
4、onfilmandtelevisionpro-jectstrangeframe.Wattsmadehisfirsttwonovels,BehemothandsomeshortfictionavailableonhiswebsiteunderCreativeCommonslicence.2ForLisaIfwe'renotinpain,we'renotalive3AcknowledgementsBlindsightismyfirstnovel-lengthforayintodeepspace—adomaininwhichIhave,shallwesay,limitedfor
5、maleducation.Inthatsensethisbookisn'tfarremovedfrommyearliernovels:butwhereasImayhavenotknownmuchaboutdeepseaecologyeither,mostofyouknewevenless,andadoctorateinmarinebiologyatleastletmefakeitthroughtherifterstrilogy.Blindsight,however,chartsitscoursethroughawholedif-ferentkindofzerogee;th
6、ismadeatrustworthyguidethatmuchmoreimportant.SofirstletmethankProf.JaymieMatthewsoftheUniversityofBritishColumbia:astronomer,partygoer,andvitalserialsieveforalltheideasIthrewathim.LetmealsothankDonaldSimmons,aerospaceengineerandgratifyingly-cheapdinnerdate,whoreviewedmyspecsforTheseus(esp
7、eciallyofthedriveandtheDrum),andgavemetipsonradi-ationandtheshieldingtherefrom.Bothpartiespatientlyfilteredoutmymoreegregiousboners.(Whichisnottosaythatnoneremaininthisbook,onlythatthosewhichdoresultfrommynegligence,nottheirs.Ormaybejustbecausethestorycalledforthem.
