Blindsight

by Peter Watts

This novel, written in 2006, was nominated for a Hugo, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Book, and a Locus Award. It was penned by one of the best hard science fiction writers alive.

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In the novel a crew of astronauts is sent out to investigate a Kuiper belt comet named ‘Burns-Caulfield’ that’s been sending an unidentified radio signal to an unknown destination somewhere in the solar system. This fascinating hard science fiction novel delves deep into such concepts as consciousness, artificial intelligence, free will, identity, neurology, evolution and biology.

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