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| Author | Peter Watts |
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| Cover artist | Richard Anderson |
| Language | English |
| Series | Firefall |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 383 |
| ISBN | 978-0765328038 |
| OCLC | 858730761 |
| LC Class | PR9199.3.W386 E24 2014 |
| Preceded by | Blindsight |
Echopraxia is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts.[1] It is a "sidequel" to his 2006 novel, Blindsight, and the two novels make up the Firefall series.
Echopraxia follows the story of a biologist who gets caught up in a voyage into the heart of the Solar System among members of a transcendentalist monastic order and allies (including a vampire escaped from a research facility and her cadre of zombified soldiers) to investigate a mysterious signal seemingly coming from the mission sent to initiate first contact in Watts' previous novel.
The title refers to a psychological condition in which a person involuntarily mimics actions they observe.
- ^ Parnell, Brid-Aine (August 22, 2014). "Echopraxia scores 'diamond cutter' on the sci-fi hardness scale". The Register. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.