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Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958 [1]) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction . He earned a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1991 from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology. [ 3 ]
Peter Watts (author) (born 1958), science fiction writer and marine biologist; Peter Watts , fictional character on the 1996–99 American television show Millennium; Peter Watts (musician) (1947–2017), bass guitarist for Mott the Hoople; Peter Watts (road manager) (1946–1976), who worked for Pink Floyd; father of actress Naomi Watts
Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won the Seiun Award for the best novel in Japanese translation (where it is published by Tokyo Sogensha) [2] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [3] the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction ...
The group then added singer Ian Hunter, became Mott the Hoople, [5] and, taking the advice of manager Guy Stevens, Pete Watts adopted the stage name Overend Watts. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Following the departure of Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson from the band, in 1974, the remaining members of Mott the Hoople recruited relative unknowns Ray Major, on guitar ...
Echopraxia explores topics like the nature of consciousness and the actual need (or lack) for it in evolved creatures, the use of religion to advance knowledge beyond science, the existence of God as a virus that modifies the laws of physics, and the role that baseline (non-modified) humans can have in a society where everyone else is "augmented" in one way or another.
"The Things" is a science fiction short story by Peter Watts, revisiting the universe of John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing (derived itself from John W. Campbell's story "Who Goes There?") from the viewpoint of the titular alien. It was first published on Clarkesworld, in January 2010.
Naomi Ellen Watts was born on 28 September 1968, in Shoreham, Kent, England. [4] [5] She is the daughter of Myfanwy (Miv) Edwards (née Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume and set designer, [4] and Peter Watts (1946–1976), a road manager and audio engineer who worked with Pink Floyd.
Watts was the road manager for Pretty Things before joining Pink Floyd as their first experienced road manager. [5] Alongside fellow roadie Alan Styles, [1] he appears on the rear cover of Pink Floyd's 1969 album Ummagumma, [1] shown with the band's van and equipment laid out on a runway at Biggin Hill Airport, with the intention of replicating the "exploded" drawings of military aircraft and ...