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This reminds me of this sci-fi book called Children of Ruin where in a terraformed world, a genetics experiment goes wrong and the whole place is now overrun wi
by xr4y 2y ago
This reminds me of this sci-fi book called Children of Ruin where in a terraformed world, a genetics experiment goes wrong and the whole place is now overrun with super-intelligent giant spiders, who were infected with the uplift virus and have built their own civilization in the meantime — and who are protected from orbit by the immortal computer intelligence of Avrana Kern, who has determined in the intervening centuries, that she likes the spiders better than people... Nice reading! Recommended!
- optimalsolver 2y agoYou might be interested in this Reddit post: Imagining the psychology of aliens evolved from ambush predators https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/16a9m2h/imagining_the_psychology_of_aliens_evolved_from/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/16a9m2h/ima...
- xr4y 2y agoEnjoyed this post! ... thanks! ...
- nicwolff 2y agoSequel to Children of Time by the (great!) Adrian Tchaikovsky – middle book of a trilogy.
- thinkingtoilet 2y agoOP has it confused. They lay out the plot to Children of Time which is the first book but call it Children of Ruin. Ruin was the second book that focuses on something else (no spoilers). Time focuses on the spiders.
- xr4y 2y agoI don't know why Children of Ruin came to my mind instead of Children of Time, but I agreed that the first book is more focused in the spiders. I was told that there is already a third book that end that serie, Children of Memory, gotta read this one! ...