## [HSF] The Colonel by Peter Watts (A bridge between Blindsight and Echopraxia)

* Author: u/rilianus *
* URL: http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/07/the-colonel-peter-watts
* Score: 8

* Created: 2014-11-02T21:53:18

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/07/the-colonel-peter-watts)

### Comments:

> **u/embrodski** [+2]  (2 hours later)
> 
> I'm going to be reading Echopraxia in the next few months. Is this something I should wait to read until after I've finished that? Or are they best read in order?

>> **u/tvcgrid** [+1]  (10 hours later)
>> 
>> I'd suggest diving straight into Echopraxia, since it sustains a point of view throughout most of the book that isn't the Colonel's. But it's not a heavy suggestion, you'd be hard pressed to not enjoy both either way.

>> **u/rilianus** [+1]  (10 hours later)
>> 
>> I'm currently reading 'Echopraxia' and reading 'Colonel' first definitely improved the experience for me - refreshed my 'Blindsight' memory and now I have a better idea of what's going on

> **u/Empiricist_or_not** [+1]  *Aspiring polite Hegemonizing swarm* (4 hours later)
> 
> I haven't read either, though this triggered me using audible credits on both, but it seems to be a vignette you can read alone, no clue on if it has any spoilers though.

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