Peter Watts Is an Angry Sentient Tumor: Revenge Fantasies and Essays

Rarely do I find expression for my deepest opinions. I lack the skill of eloquent, yet entertaining, prose. Watts finds that knife-edge between irrational certainty and empirical self-doubt that is the bloody burning brand of those who seek truth (as opposed to those who seek Truth). If you understand the difference, you will be rewarded by reading this book.

... but on the topics he covers he has every right.Shed a small tear on reading his cat storyMany of the other articles made me laugh.

Kudos and all good mojo to Peter Watts for being angry and sentient and for having the courage and conviction and chops to write about it. We’re teetering on the edge, folks. Time to wake up.Vonnegut, our culture’s curmudgeonly truth-speaker and social critic, is gone to the great Underwood in the black. Peter Watts is still among us. May he remain so and continue to be angry and sentient and to remind us why, if we aren’t always as angry or as sentient or as erudite about the tribulations of existing on this beautiful and teetering planet as Watts is, perhaps we oughta be.

A very nice eclectic mix of essays and rants from my favorite scifi author. I always get fresh new perspectives when I read his work. Even if the world is going to become a totalitarian fireball hellhole, at least I'll have Peter's cynical voice along the way.

One of my favorite authors... this is interesting but really just a collection of musings. I like it! But I’m desperate during covid and am devouring all the scraps