Children of time is a fantastic book about intelligent spiders. One of the best sci-fi I've read
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Wholeheartedly agree. It quickly became one of my favorites.
Rocky from Project Hail Mary is kind of spiderlike
Not a huge deal, but if you see this message would you be able to put a spoiler around the book title? 👽
That's actually who I was mentioning last haha. He definitely fits the bill! I was quite surprised when the author introduced him, I was not expecting it.
I listened to Children of Time (and Children of Ruin) earlier this year. Just listening to PHM now and that was my first thought with meeting Rocky.
I am not a fan of earthly arachnids but space-spiders seem pretty cool IMO
Giant alien spiders are no joke!
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I just started Children of Time and can’t put it down!
One of my all time favorite books! I love how deep he goes into their culture and communication, as well as the time jumps. The book is fantastic.
One of the alien species in Matter by Iain M Banks is a spider like insectoid.
I've seen matter recommend on this sub not too long ago, I'll give it a go. Thanks!
If you like frightening giant space crabs, the Prador in Neal Asher's books are great. Absolutely vicious and villainous.
I'll definitely look into it. I love a good villain. I guess il start with prador moon as per my theme but all his series look pretty interesting after giving his wiki a glance. Thanks!
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement has sentient centipede-like aliens. A very good book even 70 years later.
Centipede-like seems quite novel, definitely added to my list.
Expeditionary force has spiders as the alpha race of the galaxy. 15 books.
Have you read It by Stephen King? Not really Scifi but there is a spider in there!
I've read a couple of his books but never IT for some reason. I'm bound to get back on the Stephen King wagon eventually, I'll start with that one.
Oh man, I totally forgot. Expeditionary Force is so good! Its funny like hitch hikers guide to the galaxy but more modern and the writing is not as clever. But there is a HUGE story arc dealing with super smart spiders. I listened to it and I’m pretty sure it was made for audiobooks first.
A Darkling Sea by James L Cambias. Not spiders but I found this one similar to Children of Time in the way the non-human species viewpoints were described. It deals with an underwater species on another planet making first contact with humans.
Out of curiosity, what is that spoilered book?