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Not that spiders sre necessarily unintelligent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(spider)#Intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(spider)#Intelli
by user982 8y ago
Not that spiders sre necessarily unintelligent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(spider)#Intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(spider)#Intelligence
- mirimir 8y agoI didn't mean to imply that. Indeed, Portia! So if you love Portia, I recommend Peter Watts' Echopraxia and (for a full-length focus) Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time.
- finnh 8y agoDon’t forget A Deepness In The Sky!
- mirimir 8y agoWait. That has Portia? [digs up his copy] Edit: Doh. I last read that so long ago that I'd forgotten that they were large spider-like beings :) ... and yes, they hop, so maybe Portia. But I don't recall that Vinge ever says so.
- matt-snider 8y agoJust went hunting for a goodreads link to post the same, then found your comment. Really great book!
- sherr 8y agoFor spider intelligence and an absoutely brilliant science-fiction novel, try Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-tim... This book really made me realise (once again) how strange and wonderful good science-fiction can be.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThirding the recommendation. I heard about this book on HN too, btw. It's absolutely amazing, I love how the author constructed a civilization of sentient, tool-using beings that's qualitatively different than humans. It's one of the most original books I've ever read, and it rekindled my interest in insects.