5/21/2023 0 Comments Blindsight aliensTheseus is crewed by a highly trained and very specialised crew. The ship Theseus is sent to study this object which turns out to be a massive and very alien craft called Rorschach. Years pass, and nothing happens until a strange object is found in the Kuiper belt. Subsequent analysis shows these objects were making some form of survey and Earth's population prepares for some sort of alien contact. The novel begins with a shower of shooting stars, thousands of objects fall and burn across Earth's skies in a clearly artificial way. This isn't necessarily a problem, but it might not be what was expected. Unfortunately for those reading for a SF narrative this rather obscures the story. Blindsight is actually that, but it is much more - it is a novel that probes human psychology as much as speculating about alien culture. I bought it thinking it would be a 'hard' science fiction of first contact with a mysterious alien ship along the lines of Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Ramaa book that amazed and inspired me many years ago. I'll admit to making a mistake with Blindsight.
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