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A review by causticcovercritic
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
5.0
Peter Watts is one of the best writers of science-fiction at work today, and criminally underrated. 'The Freeze-Frame Revolution' is a stand-alone novella set on an AI-run starship circling the galaxy; having launched in our relatively near future, it now finds itself millions of years deeper into time, creating warp gates for a human race that is either long gone or long evolved into something unknowable. That, however, is the least of the crew's problems.
Watts's writing is as strong as ever, and the blizzard of clever ideas he makes use of are delightfully mind-boggling. His fascination with consciousness (human and otherwise) and its pitfalls is to the forefront. And, oddly enough for those familiar with his work, this sometimes even feels like an optimistic book, inasmuch as the possibilities for positive change are not all shut down by the impassive laws of physics or inevitable self-sabotaging by human nature.
Highly recommended.
Watts's writing is as strong as ever, and the blizzard of clever ideas he makes use of are delightfully mind-boggling. His fascination with consciousness (human and otherwise) and its pitfalls is to the forefront. And, oddly enough for those familiar with his work, this sometimes even feels like an optimistic book, inasmuch as the possibilities for positive change are not all shut down by the impassive laws of physics or inevitable self-sabotaging by human nature.
Highly recommended.