# Peter Watts on Reddit (u/The-Squidnapper)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/peter-watts

Peter Watts: Science fiction author, Blindsight.

- Reddit account: [u/The-Squidnapper](https://www.reddit.com/user/The-Squidnapper/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2enwks/iama_science_fiction_author_named_peter_watts_i/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/books (105), r/IAmA (88), r/SF_Book_Club (61), r/printSF (48), r/scifi (4), r/interestingasfuck (2)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Watts_(author)

## Moments

### u/The-Squidnapper in r/IAmA, Aug 26, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Dr. Watts -- big fan! I was the one who put together [this in-depth guide to your work](http://www.metafilter.com/142209/If-were-not-in-pain-were-not-alive) the other day for anybody unfamiliar -- thanks for dropping by in the comments! I was curious about the names you chose…

> And Jukka was the name of a friend of my first known overseas fan, in Finland; I was looking for a name with overtones of icy albino psychopathy, so who better than the Finns? (Actually, the Norwegians-- but I didn't have any Norwegian connections back then.) Little did I know that every third male in that blasted country is named "Jukka". When I did my book signings, I ran into so many Jukkas in the first five minutes that I thought either a) the whole damn con was yanking my chain, or b) Blindsight had been so influential that half the male population had had their names legally changed.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2enwks/comment/ck1ca5w/ · 40 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/The-Squidnapper in r/scifiwriting, Sep 12, 2023 · Advice

Replying to the post "How do I stop from having Peter Watts living rent free in my head?".

> Please, please do not be discouraged. At least, not by me.  I am actually quite cuddly in person. Listen to everyone else here. I officially approve their content.
>
> That said, if you don't like me living rent-free in your head, you could always pay me to leave...

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/scifiwriting/comments/16cime5/comment/k092lhb/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/The-Squidnapper in r/IAmA, Aug 28, 2014 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you have mapped out in your head some of the mysteries left in your books or do you leave them as mysteries for yourself as well, prefering to focus on what you decided was going to be the scope of story? In mysteries I'm thinking of things like **spoilers for Blindsight**…

> My original draft of *Starfish* ended with Lenie crawling up on the shores of North America and dying, so I obviously had no future plans for her until my editor insisted that such an ending was insufficiently triumphal for American audiences and she would have to live.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2enwks/comment/ck2r7fi/ · 3 points as of Nov 7, 2026