“[STARRED REVIEW] in this short, tight novel that contains vast science-fictional speculation, the human crew of the construction ship eriophora spends 66 million years building interstellar wormhole gates, so they have lots of time to ponder issues of purpose.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory sunday ahzmundin, on a quest to find a missing crewmate, has to deal with another coworker, lian, who is traumatized after the ship is damaged by one of the “occasional demons” that pop out of newly opened gates.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory dropping in and out of suspended animation as scheduled by the chimp, the AI that runs the ship, sunday begins to uncover the secrets behind lian’s subsequent death and the disappearances of other crew members, learning what hides beneath the ship’s closed and rigidly structured society.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory watts ( echopraxis) puts the concept of humanity under the knife, teasing out how chimp’s programming and sunday’s loyalty can both tie them together and set them at odds.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory watts pits the drive toward success against the need for connection, leading to an ending as open and as expansive as the universe. SF fans will love this tale of bizarre future employment and genuine wonder.”

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“in the freeze-frame revolution, peter watts takes us millions of years into the future and hundreds of light-years away, where an isolated fragment of humanity must confront exotic physics, unfathomable entities, and the unforeseen consequences of their own technologies.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory but it is a profoundly human story about people, people not unlike us, under inescapable stress. A brilliant, thoughtful story bursting with radical ideas.”

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“peter watts is a triple threat: exacting hard science extrapolation, an imagination that runs hot enough to give you contact burns, and a gift for thrusting his characters in situations that will expand the mind while shattering even the most guarded of reader hearts.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory in the freeze-frame revolution, he puts a handful of fragile human beings into a mind-bending, explosive and utterly inhuman situation, and lights a ten-thousand year fuse.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory unforgettable!”

Peter watts is a former marine biologist and a current science-fiction author. His debut novel in the rifters series, ( starfish) was a new york times notable book, and his novel ( blindsight) has become a required text in undergraduate courses ranging from philosophy to neuroscience, and was a finalist for numerous north american genre awards.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory his shorter work, including beyond the rift, has received the shirley jackson, hugo, and aurora awards. Watts’s work is available in twenty languages and has been cited as inspirational to several popular video games.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory he lives in toronto.

“A new book from crazy genius watts is always cause for celebration—and this collection of short stories brings together some of his greatest work, including his mind-altering retelling of the thing called “the things.” known for his pitch-black views on human nature, and a breathtaking ability to explore the weird side of evolution and animal behavior, watts is one of those writers who gets into your brain and remains lodged there like an angry, sentient tumor.”

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“canadian author peter watts is a biologist by training and a visionary by inclination. His novels are hard-edged yet coolly psychedelic extrapolations of our gene-modded future.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory possessing the stern moral acuity of james tiptree, he also exhibits the intellectual zest of arthur C. Clarke…. His killer opening sentences (“first contact was supposed to solve everything”; “wescott was glad when it finally stopped breathing”) are rabbit holes to strange futures.”