I’ve been reading science fiction forever and it is rare that I come across hard SciFi as good as that in the Rifter series by Peter Watts. Watt’s, a Canadian PhD marine biologist, sets his series – Starfish, Behemoth and Maelstrom – under the ocean. I mention this because Tor’s free book today is Starfish. You can get it at tor.com and I suggest that you do. The rest of the series can be downloaded from Watt’s site www.rifters.com. They are all out of print, but I heartily recommend his latest book, which is still in print, Blindsight. It’s a book about intelligence without sentience. Is sentience really necessary?
Paul, would it be worth contacting Peter Watts to see if he’d share how well, or otherwise, his site’s tip jar has worked out?
I didn’t see where the out of print titles were available on his website, could someone point me in the right direction?
I neither managed to find Starfish at http://www.tor.com (I even tried the sign-up thingy, but it refuses to work), nor did I find any downloads at http://www.rifters.com.
Here’s the url. Just click on the book. PDF, HTML or Mobipocket.
http://www.rifters.com./real/shorts.htm
Thanks!
Paul,
Thank you for the link.
Peter’s books are CC and also avaliable packaged for cell phones at http://www.booksinmyphone.com