Category Archives: Group 5
Why Vampires?
I was surprised to find vampires in Blindsight. Watt’s writing is so scientific that there doesn’t seem to be room for human myths and old impossible fears. When I first started reading, I kept thinking that vampire had to be a term, or a creation, not that Watts was saying Vampires had actually once existed. […] Continue reading
Perception of Reality
“There was a model of the world, and we didn’t look outward at all; our conscious selves saw only the simulation in our heads, an interpretation of reality, endlessly refreshed by input from the senses.” (193) Reading through the density … Continue reading →
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My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me
“They’re tricks of the mind, the same neurological smoke-and-mirrors that convinced people throughout the ages that they were being haunted by ghosts, abducted by aliens, hunted by— —vampires— —and you wonder whether Sarasti really stayed behind or if he was here all along, waiting for you…” (159). I think this quote can serve as an […]
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“FIRST-PERSON SEX…”
“First-person sex — real sex as Chelsea insisted on calling it — was an acquired taste: jagged breathing, the raw slap and stink of sweaty skin full of pores and blemishes, a whole other person with a whole other set … Continue reading → Continue reading
Perceiving the Unseen
“Sometimes we could conceive of things and still not see them, although they stood right before us.” (pg. 192) A general statement that applies to many aspects of human life such as love, an answer to your problems, or your car keys. Howe… Continue reading
Gabe’s Journal
The little midget is growing on me. It is difficult to know what he understands about our world now. He unnerves me. His memory is so markedly alien that I cannot stand his presence but there are moments of blatant humanity that still … Continue reading → Continue reading
“Adulthood Rites” Journal Entry
June 24, 4087 Last night I observed Damek and Kaliq argue and wrestle in the mud. They were arguing once again over Tilden’s death and what we should do with the construct baby. I’m glad Kaliq was finally doing the right thing by figh… Continue reading
Journal Entry 112019
Poor kid. If only he knew. No. It’s not his fault. Not at all. To hell with those beasts. I hate them all. At least some of us treat him with some respect. Galt did for a while at least. … Continue reading →
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To my unborn son
It is difficult for me to say these things. I won’t lie, because one day you would know if I had. I wish that you were human. I wish that your only other parent was Joseph. But these decisions were not ones that I could make, and I will love you just as much all […] Continue reading
Pets, slaves… they’re all human
In Lilith’s Brood, there is a large divide between how much freedom the humans have and how much free will they can actually exert. They are treated like slaves or pets, although the Oankali let them believe that they still have choices. Often this is expressed through the Oankali anticipating human actions, and allowing them […] Continue reading