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Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Tree Bucket posted:

Well I just read that Tchaikovsky book with the sentient jumping spiders.
It was good!

I really do need to pick it up.

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Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


Lawman 0 posted:

I really do need to pick it up.

the sequels are great too.

Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011

Tree Bucket posted:

Well I just read that Tchaikovsky book with the sentient jumping spiders.
It was good!

I'm halfway through it and I love it so far, so glad to see it stays good

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys
I'm reading Shards of Earth now. Definitely more adventure-space-opera in tone than Children's rundown melancholy; it has a lot of really fun scenes. I'm enjoying Space Australia in paticular.

SlothfulCobra
Mar 27, 2011

The Shivans from Freespace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RAC5l_jQQ

Big ol' spiders but they run some kind of ancient interstellar empire. How do spiders build and operate spaceships? Nobody knows, but they hate you a whole lot.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Spiders, well known for not ever building and maintaining complex structures.

Razor Jacksuit
Mar 31, 2007

VEES RULE #1



Photo file - Alien spider operating a starship


It's the Ilwrath from Star Control! Surprised they haven't been seen in the thread before now. Or were they just cloaked the whole time...?

MadDogMike
Apr 9, 2008

Cute but fanged

Razor Jacksuit posted:

Photo file - Alien spider operating a starship


It's the Ilwrath from Star Control! Surprised they haven't been seen in the thread before now. Or were they just cloaked the whole time...?



Don’t you mean the Dill-rats? :D

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twistedmentat
Nov 21, 2003

Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

Tree Bucket posted:

I'm reading Shards of Earth now. Definitely more adventure-space-opera in tone than Children's rundown melancholy; it has a lot of really fun scenes. I'm enjoying Space Australia in paticular.

I just watched Quinns Idea's on that series, and it really intrested me. I forgot he was the same writer who had the intelligent jumping spiders.

I love any sci fi that has some great unknown thing out there that is beyond anything the characters know or understand.

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