| Blind Lake | |
| Author: | Robert Charles Wilson |
| Cover Artist: | Jim Burns |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Tor Books |
| Release Date: | August 2, 2003 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages: | 399 |
| Isbn: | 0-765-30262-4 |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 21 |
| Congress: | PR9199.3.W4987 B59 2003 |
| Oclc: | 51969172 |
Blind Lake is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer Robert Charles Wilson. It was published in 2003, and won a Prix Aurora Award for Best Long Form and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, both in 2004.
The novel deals with a government installation at Blind Lake, Minnesota, where scientists observe sentient life on a planet 51 light-years away, using telescopes powered by Bose-Einstein condensate-based quantum computers that have advanced beyond human understanding. A sudden and unexplained facility lockdown extends into a long-term quarantine. Observation department head Marguerite Hauser tries to carry on with her work studying the alien life while taking care of her socially-challenged daughter Tess, warding off her ex-husband Ray, and deciding how she feels about houseguest and disgraced journalist Chris.