Others have recommend really good ones like Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time. In that same vein I can recommend A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and the followup books. Just like Tchaikovsky’s works they are part human POV and part alien POV where the aliens are very animal-like. It’s not really the same as what you may be looking for though, as the species are all very intelligent, just different and with characteristics that are very reminiscent of earth animals such as dogs and spiders.

Yeah that was pretty terrible

I grew up on Edgar Rice Burroughs, and this brings back a lot of memories! I had a paperback copy of this but it wasnt the same art. However, it had the same overall theme and feel.

I didnt know what this was and just looked up some gameplay…is this for real? It looks absolutely terrible and like it was made 30 years ago. Is that like part of the theme somehow?

For real, this was 85% of the reason I caved lmao. The other 15% was that I was presented with the opportunity to purchase one at a time when that was rare so I said fuck it

*motherduckers

YES! Maybe I should read it again for nostalgia’s sake. I can’t imagine it’s very long since little me got through it. I think it was my first modern sci-fi book which was a very different vibe from things like John Carter of Mars

Man I forgot about Colfer. He wrote some one-off sci-fi book I read as a sheltered kid and it blew my mind. Cant remember what it was called but it had something to do with energy-based creatures that you could only see if you had nearly died. It was kind of a cyberpunk-lite novel for kids

Indeed it is. He is definitely an atypical writer

I just finished “The Shadow of the Torturer” by Gene Wolfe, first book in the “The Book of the New Sun” series. Very interesting book, excited for the rest of the series. Not the easiest read though

Just re-read Stormlight 1-4 plus the ancillary novellas for the umpteenth time and it’s always 10/10

I just read “Beyond the Rift” by Peter Watts. Highly recommend

It’s like an oasis in the desert right now. Everyone can look at this crazy spectacle and ignore all the polarized and heart-wrenching crazy bs that the rest of the news is full of.

We have protectrons in malls now?!

Looks like the diagram for an sp3 hybridized electron orbital

Where exactly is Bill’s Hentai Cavern? Asking for a friend

What are people’s thoughts on Wukong? I ended up getting it since the reviews seemed very good and unfortunately I dont think it is a very good game. Looks great, flashy first few chapters, but SUPER klunky. Camera makes elden ring’s seem good, terrain navigation is atrocious, and the story is so disjointed that I quickly lost interest in trying to track it (though as a fromsoft fan I shouldnt really be able to complain about story stuff). I have it at about a 6/10.

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I do this as well. One day I was in a hurry on a lunch break and I was getting batteries and a sandwich, literally two items in a single bag. The person stepped in front of me and started to ask to see my receipt and I just snapped out “no thank you” but when they just stepped aside I realized there was no reason to ever let them and I havent since.

Good point