Starfish

The idea that social outcasts from ‘our' society might be ‘pre-adapted' (as the author puts it) to hostile environments is interesting, and Peter Watts uses the setting in this book to great effect to highlight the differences between ‘normal' people and the crew of the ocean-floor power station called Beebe.

I didn't like how the ‘Ganzfield Effect' was used here, though. It felt superfluous, and its introduction forced, into what is, otherwise, a believable world.