Alas, Criticism Has Always Been

Petals Floating By, Drift Through My Woman's Hand, As She Remembers Me.

With Gritty Action And Realistic Science, Peter Watts Brings To Life A Dark And Vivid World.

History And Geology Show What An Eyeblink It's Been Since Our Current, Comfortable Culture Came About. And Yet That Culture Is Using Up Absolutely Everything At A Ferocious Rate.

If You Have Other Things In Your Life-family, Friends, Good Productive Day Work-these Can Interact With Your Writing And The Sum Will Be All The Richer.

For All Its Beauty, Honesty, And Effectiveness At Improving The Human Condition, Science Demands A Terrible Price - That We Accept What Experiments Tell Us About The Universe, Whether We Like It Or Not. It's About Consensus And Teamwork And Respectful Critical Argument, Working With, And Through, Natural Law. It Requires That We Utter, Frequently, Those Hateful Words - 'i Might Be Wrong.'