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For the Mott the Hoople bassist, see Peter Watts (musician)

Peter Watts is a Canadian science fiction author and marine-mammal biologist. Mott the Hoople were a 1970s English rock band with strong R&B roots and known for being part of the popular Glam rock scene of the early Peter "Overend" Watts (born Peter Watts 13 May 1947 Yardley, Birmingham, England) is a Bass guitar player and founding member of Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created

His first novel Starfish (2000) introduced Lenie Clarke, a deep-ocean power-station worker physically altered for underwater living and the main character in the sequels: Maelstrom (2001), Behemoth: β-Max (2004) and Behemoth: Seppuku (2005). The last two volumes comprise one novel, published split in two for commercial considerations. [1] Starfish, Maelstrom and Behemoth comprise a trilogy usually referred to as "Rifters" after the modified humans designed to work in deep-ocean environments.

His latest book Blindsight, released October 2006, has been described by Charles Stross thus: "Imagine a neurobiology-obsessed version of Greg Egan writing a first contact with aliens story from the point of view of a zombie posthuman crewman aboard a starship captained by a vampire, with not dying as the boobie prize. Blindsight is a Science fiction Novel by Peter Watts, published in 2006 Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born Leeds, 18 October 1964 is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Neurobiology is the study of cells of the Nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. First contact is a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between Humans and aliens or more broadly of any sentient zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled A posthuman or post-human is according to the Transhumanist intellectuals a hypothetical future being " whose basic capacities so radically A starship is a theoretical Spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for Orbital spaceflight or Interplanetary Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living " [1]

Watts is currently writing two novels: Sunflowers[2] [3] and State of Grace, a "sidequel" about what happened on Earth during Blindsight[4].

Watts has also been the Supervising Writer on the animated science fiction film and television project strange frame. strange frame is a labor of love between two old friends musician Shelley Doty and filmmaker GB Hajim

Watts has made his novels and some short fiction available on his website under Creative Commons licence. Creative Commons (CC is a Non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share

He also worked briefly with Relic Entertainment on one of the early drafts of the story that would eventually, years later, become Homeworld 2. Relic Entertainment is a Canadian game development company that specializes in 3D Real-time strategy games and has released a number of innovative Homeworld 2 is a Real-time strategy computer game sequel to Homeworld developed by Relic Entertainment. However, the draft Watts worked on bears little resemblance to the one used for the released game.

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The novel Blindsight was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel of 2007 (official announcement) and was longlisted (on the preliminary ballot) for the Nebula Award in January 2008 (preliminary ballot). Blindsight is a Science fiction Novel by Peter Watts, published in 2006 Blindsight is a Science fiction Novel by Peter Watts, published in 2006 The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction

His short story "A Niche" tied with "Breaking Ball" by Michael Skeet for the Aurora Award in 1992. The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian Science fiction and Fantasy literary works Art Works and Awards for Fan Activities

Notes

  1. ^ The New York Times > Books > Sunday Book Review > Chronicle: Science Fiction: Across the Universe

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