The Flies
His first novel, "The Embedding", winner of the Prix Apollo in 1975, is unusual for being based on ideas from generative grammar; the title refers to the process of center embedding. A prolific writer, he has also written the novels "Miracle Visitors", "God's World", "The Jonah Kit" and "The Flies of Memory" and many collections of short stories. Watson is credited as author of the screen story for the motion picture "A.I. Artificial Intelligence". In 1977, "The Jonah Kit" won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.