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Children of Time is a book about giant, super-evolved spiders and a human ark ship. It is so well done it somehow manages to make you empathize and root for the spiders. 3.67 out of 5 stars.

In this episode we review Adrian Tchaikovosky's most popular book, talk about how he pulled off making giant spiders likeable, discuss how the book started off so strong, and debate whether a book's optimism or pessimism should impact how we view it. We're also joined by a guest - Hasan, a listener who reached out and we invited to guest host an episode - shoot us a message at [email protected] if you're interested in apply to guest host a future episode!

As always, we also recommend and discuss some similar stories if you're looking for more great books to read:

Startide Rising - David Brin
Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge (and to a lesser extent A Deepness in the Sky)
The Dark Beyond the Stars - Frank M. Robinson
Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky (the sequel)

Or search for "Hugonauts" on your podcast app of choice if you prefer to listen to the show.

NO SPOILERS BOOK SUMMARY: Earth has been destroyed in an unknown cataclysm, but just before the fall, a scientific ship in a nearby system terraforms a planet and drops a super-evolutionary nanovirus onto the planet - where it starts working on spiders and ants. In the generations after the fall, humanity recovers enough to send out a few ark ships, one of which is heading toward the burgeoning spider world.

We rotate between two narratives: one that describes the evolution of various spiders and spider characters across the generations, and one that details the events aboard the ark ship Gilgamesh as it’s human cargo wakes and sleeps over the eons.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
1:51 Summary (no spoilers)
2:56 The review (3.67 / 5)
5:19 Plot / Spiders!
8:11 Spider Generations
10:25 Also There Are Humans
14:48 Spiders' Biology / Tech
18:52 Innovation Versus Cycles
22:11 Gender Roles
24:53 Spider Religion
28:00 Similar book recommendations

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