Today I read a short story by Peter Watts that I hadn't read before. You can read it for free on the publisher's website. It's called The Island. He's posted excerpts on his blog before, and I loved them, so I was thrilled to be able to read the actual story. It didn't disappoint.

Watts writes hard SF, most recently the novel Blindsight, which was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards, but unfortunately (in my view, having read some of the other contenders) won neither. The Island is true to form, a fascinating look at a future so far ahead that the Earth has long since been immolated in the Sun's death throes. 

Well worth the short time investment required to read it.

Started: 8/22/2009 | Finished: 8/22/2009

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