Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named “Kern’s World”, where the plan is to release monkeys le-monke infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern’s World hoping to find paradise.

also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good

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  • gaystyleJoker [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
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    20 days ago

    hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!

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  • yewler [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    21 days ago

    I’ve said this all before but I’m feeling it real good again. I’m so freaking thankful for this website. I’m so so so glad I came on here and made that post with my feels and met you all. I’m almost certain I would still be calling myself a cis man i it wasn’t for you all 😭, and because I don’t, I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I’m still trying to figure out the details, but realizing I don’t have to be a guy has been so unimaginably freeing, and I wanted to thank you all again for helping me realize it.

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    22 days ago

    My fuckin bottom surgery application was rejected because I faxed it the same day as my doctors did his half 🙄. And it took a few months for them to reject me, now I’ll just have to do it again I guess

  • EstraDoll [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    22 days ago

    I tried speed dating and this is about how it went:

    Them: Says some presumably interesting anecdote about themselves but I can’t hear them

    Me: “WHAT?”

    repeat for two hours

  • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
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    25 days ago

    My parents and immediate family keep asking me “when are you bringing home a girlfriend?” every time I visit and I have no idea how to tell them that sooner or latter the “girlfriend” that will come home might just be me.

      • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
        14·
        25 days ago

        Feudal societies placed great emphasis on family lines and inheritance (moreso than capitalist ones at least). Culturally speaking, this is kind of a leftover from that time, the same way people often admire or idolise various kings (even if they tell you that they oppose monarchy).

        In my case, this feudal system of mariage existed literally just 1 generation ago (my parents were the first in my whole family to not have an arranged marriage). My parents have literally already spent their entire life savings on my education. Their retirement plan is for me to take care of them while they spend as little money as possible (outside of their pension) so that my inheritance is maximized.