Peter Watts

Peter Watts' 2006 hard science fiction novel Blindsight is drawing fresh attention among readers. The book follows a crew sent to investigate an alien presence at the edge of the solar system, and is widely praised for its unsettling ideas about consciousness, intelligence and what first contact might really look like. Fans often recommend it as one of the most thought-provoking recent sci-fi works, noting it is available free on the author's website.