You tell them Fabian
#adrian tchaikovsky#children of time#fabian the spider#the.. fifth?#portia the spider the fifth#portia the spider#great nest#great nest society#spider society#it's been building slowly over so many chapters and eras#the males went from pure food to actually sort of smart#and he obviously has a point#you don't know what you're not getting because they all get eaten#and the sexes being flipped from humans perhaps hammers it home for people who otherwise wouldn't see#genders? I feel sex is probably more accurate for spiders#no idea if we'll get as far as genderqueer spiders#this book keeps surprising me#it's great
