Echopraxia
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Echopraxia” is idea-driven hard science fiction, a dark companion to “Blindsight” that takes on the question of free will. Some readers prefer it to the first book for its lighter load of technical description; others feel its concepts are poorly laid out and too much is left open, and find the ending weak. Its characters prove to be tied to the earlier crew, which makes it a novel for those who already know that story.
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About the book
Echopraxia is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts. It is a "sidequel" to his 2006 novel, Blindsight, and the two novels make up the Firefall series.
Reading order · Firefall
Full order & progress →- BlindsightStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - EchopraxiaThis book
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 210 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 18 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 192 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Echopraxia?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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