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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/05/ballooning-spiders-take-flight-earth-electric-fields https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-021-01474-6
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 month agoAdrian Tchaikovsky warned us of this.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoActually those spiders were pretty damn cool! And it’s an excellent book series.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoOh, for sure. I hate spiders, and I was loathe to read it, but damned if I didn’t enjoy all of them.
minus-squareCavemanfreak@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoFor a Sci-Fi newbie who’s thinking of trying out Tchaikovsky, any advice on where to start?
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoStart off with the Children of Time series, there’s no reason not to. Well written, great story with memorable characters, and a fantastic hard sci-fi twist on what intelligent life really is, and how we think of ourselves and others.
minus-squareBennyInc@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThird part is very disorienting however — it took me almost till the end to understand what was going on.
minus-squareCavemanfreak@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThanks! I’ll go for that as soon as I’m finished with the Three Body Problem series.
Adrian Tchaikovsky warned us of this.
Actually those spiders were pretty damn cool! And it’s an excellent book series.
Oh, for sure. I hate spiders, and I was loathe to read it, but damned if I didn’t enjoy all of them.
For a Sci-Fi newbie who’s thinking of trying out Tchaikovsky, any advice on where to start?
Start off with the Children of Time series, there’s no reason not to. Well written, great story with memorable characters, and a fantastic hard sci-fi twist on what intelligent life really is, and how we think of ourselves and others.
Third part is very disorienting however — it took me almost till the end to understand what was going on.
Thanks! I’ll go for that as soon as I’m finished with the Three Body Problem series.