Maybe I need to re-read Blindsight again, so it makes sense, but I was expecting a rendezvous with whatever vessel Siri travelled on. I don't know why Valerie was on the ship and heck, I don't even frigging understand why the Crown of Thorns was heading out into the outer solar system in the first place. I never actually understood why, goddamnit. Valerie seems to have been engaging in 'hacking' other passengers and their behaviour, using subtle imagery and movements etc. I'm a decade late to this thread, but to add to your questions.
Did Portia want to "help" humanity despite the Scrambler's mission to destroy it? Did Portia want to destroy humanity and Valerie was just wrong about it being for the greater good of humanity? Or do Valerie and the Scramblers have the same goal: the destruction of not humanity as a species per se, but merely the destruction of conscious human thought?Īlso, more of a plot hole than a philisophical debate: did Valerie know about Portia all along, even before arriving at Icarus? If so, how? If not, what the hell was she trying to accomplish in the first place?Įdit: Reading tvcgrid's reply above, while not a definitive answer of any sort, is definitely the my favorite explanation of the ending I've seen so far. And yet, Valerie wants to bring Portia back, believing that it's the key to evolve humanity, or vampires, or something. It acts like the scramblers: keeping hidden, attacking opportunistically, and infiltrating. It seems apparent that Portia was an agent of the Scramblers. Overall I enjoyed the book, but I have some questions I need to get off my chest: Sorry to reply to a half month-old thread, but there are disappointingly few places to discuss this book on the internet. Know any others? Message #scifi and let your friendly mods know! Imaginary Mindscapes - The Art of Imagination.The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons NOT allowed).The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons allowed).Ghost in the Shell and Ghost_in_the_Shell.Previously interviewed authors in the Ask an SF Author series: To write spoilers in comments, use the following method: (/s "Darth Vader is Yoda's father")Īward Winning SF author Nancy Kress answers questions from the Reddit Scifi Community If you see a title with a spoiler in it, downvote it as hard as you can and then message the moderators. PLEASE DO NOT POST SPOILERS IN YOUR SUBMISSION TITLE. New Rule: This rule was stupid and it's gone.Science Fiction, or Speculative Fiction if you prefer.
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