Tag Archives: Blindsight
The House of the Scorpion vs. Blindsight: paratext
Upon starting Nancy Farmer’s young adult novel The House of the Scorpion, I was taken aback by the wealth of information. Not at the end of the book, but at the beginning appears a short appendix: a cast of characters and family tree.This imm… Continue reading
h + eh + l + ou = Hello
Please view this post on my blog. [Excelsior to vessel approaching 230°Az -45°dec rel. Hello Odin. Excelsior to vessel approaching 230°Az -45°dec rel. Hello Odin. Odin to Excelsior. Request permission to land. You are cleared for landing Odin…First time on Mars? Welcome to the neighborhood… … This is Rorschach. I have developed stability […] Continue reading
Chelsea’s Perspective
I am weakening. This is the last time I’m going to call him. I am going to let him see what I’ve become. Maybe he’ll decide to answer if he sees that the flesh he once experienced, once denied, is finally and definably grotesque… Continue reading
Acknowledgements in the Second Person
“Blood makes noise.”-Suzanne VegaImagine you are Peter Watts. Blindsight is your first novel-length foray into deep space–a domain in which you have, shall we say, limited formal education. In that sense the book isn’t far remo… Continue reading
Rewriting Blindsight (for the Blog)
Remember that in lieu of class on Tuesday, November 22, we’ll be doing a special round of blogging. All students should post to the blog by class time on Tuesday. This replaces the regular blogging for the week. Reimagine a … Continue reading
I’m pork, therefore I’m ham.
“I wastes energy and processing power, self-obsesses to the point of psychosis. Scramblers have no need of it, scramblers are more parsimonious. With simpler biochemistries, with smaller brains—deprived of tools, of their ship, even of parts of their own metabolism—they think rings around you. They hide their language in plain sight, even when you know […] 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