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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-up39·8 months agoAdrian Tchaikovsky warned us of this.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoActually those spiders were pretty damn cool! And it’s an excellent book series.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoOh, for sure. I hate spiders, and I was loathe to read it, but damned if I didn’t enjoy all of them.
minus-squareCavemanfreaklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoFor a Sci-Fi newbie who’s thinking of trying out Tchaikovsky, any advice on where to start?
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months 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-up1·8 months agoThird part is very disorienting however — it took me almost till the end to understand what was going on.
minus-squareCavemanfreaklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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.