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StarShipSofa 391 Peter Watts
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47 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2015
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Promo: Class Title: The Force of Star Wars: Examining the Epic
Main Fiction: “Bethlemen” by Peter Watts
Peter Watts is a (former) scientist, author, and convicted felon who spent the first two decades of his adult life as a marine biologist. After fleeing academia for science fiction he became known for the habit of appending extensive technical bibliographies onto his novels; this both confers a veneer of credibility and covers his ass against nitpickers. Described by the Globe & Mail as “one of the very best [hard-sf writers] alive”, the overall effect of his prose is perhaps best summed up by critic James Nicoll: “Whenever I find my will to live becoming too powerful, I read Peter Watts”.
His debut novel (Starfish) was a NY Times... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Promo: Class Title: The Force of Star Wars: Examining the Epic
Main Fiction: “Bethlemen” by Peter Watts
Peter Watts is a (former) scientist, author, and convicted felon who spent the first two decades of his adult life as a marine biologist. After fleeing academia for science fiction he became known for the habit of appending extensive technical bibliographies onto his novels; this both confers a veneer of credibility and covers his ass against nitpickers. Described by the Globe & Mail as “one of the very best [hard-sf writers] alive”, the overall effect of his prose is perhaps best summed up by critic James Nicoll: “Whenever I find my will to live becoming too powerful, I read Peter Watts”.
His debut novel (Starfish) was a NY Times... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jun 17, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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