Day: March 15, 2026

This is my second read from Peter Watts’ collection. I thoroughly enjoyed in fact, marinated myself with the ideas that he presented in Blindsight. And I got equally invested in this book also.  So far, Starfish sets itself apart from other science fiction books I have read because of the philosophical depth that lies beneath its veneer of speculative biology. On the surface, it appears to be a hard science fiction story about human modification and deep-sea adaptation. In reality, it’s a psychological descent into the fundamental question, which is,…