#peter watts

[innominaterifter]

I realized that essentially all of my favorite book characters have autistic or ADHD traits. Taylor Hebert (Worm) and she's the same from the funfic "A Wand for Skitter", Murderbot ("The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells; there is also a coincidence in my agenderness and grey/asexuality), Lenie Clarke and Ken Lubin (Peter Watts' rifter book series), Harry Potter and Hermione from HPMOR ("Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" by Eliezer Yudkowsky), Miles Vorkosigan ("The Vorkosigan Saga" by Bujold), Ciaphas Cain and his loyal assistant Ferik Jurgen (Warhammer 40,000, Sandy Mitchell).

Overall, this is not surprising given my personal history of ADHD and autism. The funny thing is that I began to reflect on the topic of my own autism precisely after I read the Murderbot Diaries and came across a discussion of the character’s autistic traits. I was undermined from within by the thought, “What if all this bunch of coincidences are not just coincidences?”

Much was the same, but some things were not characteristic of autistic people, but at the same time, they were clearly not characteristic of the majority of people around me. I don’t remember the first time I heard about ADHD, but I immediately recognized some of my traits. When I read that ADHD and autism are often combined, I decided to take tests online first... and got high scores on both topics. Then, the doctor officially confirmed it for me. Bingo.

[gengarghast]

Hey guysssss :3 came here to tell you that you should TOTALLY read this short story by Peter Watts about The Thing but from the monster's perspective. It's a horrifyingly good read and it kept my captivated from start to finish, so if you like fleshy horrors, the incompetence of the human design, and can tolerate the mention of the word "rape" once or twice, I highly recommend it!!! Also, fun fact: John Carpenter liked the story so much, he considers it canon.

[pinegren]

chinese room

[figcatlists]

Bleak and disturbing science fiction reading list

A list of science fiction novels and short story collections with dark themes and gloomy settings. The selection includes dystopias, post-apocalyptic and climate fiction, as well as unsettling sci-fi horror. See the full list on my website for more titles and links to Goodreads and Wikipedia.

[titleknown]

Hot Take: I think deconstructing Lovecraft is the easy mode of deconstructing cosmic horror, because it's just so obvious what his deep biases are and easy to knock him down.

If someone wanted to deconstruct Thomas Ligotti or Peter Watts, now there would be a feat, given how much more difficult it is to find the "weak points" in their views of cosmic dread...

[more-relics]

Pink Floyd and road crew Alan Styles and Peter Watts. Photo session taken on the Royal Air Force Biggin Hill Aerodrome, Kent, England in 1969. Photos: Storm Thorgerson/Aubrey Powell.

[twigoffir]

Travel in luggage compartment

[vikugnavikugna]

Blindsight recently got rereleased in Poland and I just wanted to show off the phenomenal cover art 🥺 🥺 🥺

The white cross on the side is also a great touch. Genuinely catches my eye every time I look at my shelf. Real crucifix glitch inducing

[system-of-cells-interlinked]

If Blindsight by Peter Watts were a famous book, there'd bee no competition against Siri Keeton in the poorest little meow meow poll that's been circulating on this site.

[aerachnaodnagren]

Look at the sky!

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Art for @xenosthetechnomorph with his mascot snek I made, based on old creepypasta and Peter Watts' "Blindsight"

[innominaterifter]

I got a little sick. I had to run to the doctors yesterday, and a funny story happened in the hospital. I’ll tell it when I feel better. Now my throat hurts, and my whole body aches - this is clearly not my best form for writing.

I really regret that due to poor health I can’t craft anything or train. I hope I feel better soon. First of all, I'll go to the pool: the feeling of being under water is one of the best physical sensations for me - a feeling of peaceful detachment and at the same time close contact with space around.

That’s why Watts’ Rifter book series captivated me so much.

Video from one of the training sessions.

[trincketbox]

So I started reading Blindsight by Peter Watts.

Can anyone that read it give me their [if possible, free of spoilers] opinions on it?

[pinegren]

a vampire and a boatload of freaks also known as the crew of Theseus 

[appleinducedsleep]

FOR LISA: If we’re not in pain, we’re not alive.

- Peter Watts, Blindsight

[this-has-returned]

I'd love to write more fanfiction, but I feel like I'm not smart enough to write for most of my fandoms lol.

And by that I mean I wanna write Firefall fanfic, but the worldbuilding of Peter Watts is absolutely fucking bonkers.

Ah well. I still have that Deep Rock Galactic x Dwarf Fortress fanfic series. I'm still rather happy with how it turned out.

[youmaycallmeasha]