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minus-squareSkaveRatcakelinkfedilinkEnglish32•edit-24 months agoIf anyone is interested in “what could alien life look like?”, I can highly recommend reading the Children Of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He manages to really have his alien species feel like truely something non-human. Reading the novels feels like going on an adventure
minus-square@trueheresy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoI echo this, I was truly astonished by how much empathy and connection I had with alien creatures. I’ve not got round to reading the third book but this has nudged me to go get my e-reader out.
minus-squareSkaveRatcakelinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agobe warned that it feels different and sometimes confusing, narration-wise. Just keep at it. Some people don’t like it because of that, but I like it. The new species opens some interesting philosophy
minus-square@CitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoYep, especially the alien species in the second book. Which was basically The Thing, but much more interesting.
If anyone is interested in “what could alien life look like?”, I can highly recommend reading the Children Of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
He manages to really have his alien species feel like truely something non-human.
Reading the novels feels like going on an adventure
I echo this, I was truly astonished by how much empathy and connection I had with alien creatures.
I’ve not got round to reading the third book but this has nudged me to go get my e-reader out.
be warned that it feels different and sometimes confusing, narration-wise. Just keep at it.
Some people don’t like it because of that, but I like it. The new species opens some interesting philosophy
Yep, especially the alien species in the second book. Which was basically The Thing, but much more interesting.