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Sentient spiders (self.sciencefiction)
submitted 1 year ago by Grimy to c/sciencefiction
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I've just finished A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. It was amazing and coincidentally my two last books where children of time(1 and 2) and (as to not spoil the reveal) a certain book involving spiders/crabs that live in high pressure environment.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the theme I have going on even if it was purely accidental, what would be some good recommendations involving sentient spider to pursue next?

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[–] WhoRoger 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The aliens in the Three-body Problem trilogy are never described, but the unofficial sequel, Redemption of Time, retroactively describes them as bugs with some hive mind, I think. It's interesting to go back to the trilogy with that in mind, as it really makes a lot of sense.

Dragon's Egg apparently has some hyperintelligent bug-like creatures that live on a neutron star in an accelerated time frame. I hear it's a good book, haven't gotten to it yet.

And I think The Chessmen of Mars has some spider-like things... I.e. aliens that look like spiders with large heads.

[–] Phlogiston 4 points 1 year ago

Read dragons egg. It’s a little dated but a great story.