Re: Talking space spiders?
A Fire Upon the Deep
Is one of my favourites. It has a remarkable ability to convey the size of the galaxy. Or at least makes it feel bigger than most other books imply. The idea of it being so big that interstellar civilisations can be born and die all without ever contacting any other species. The last part of the final chapter is haunting.
"Can anyone hear me"?
:-/
Biting the hand that feeds IT
