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  "description": "A beautiful, absorbing sci-fi tale: mankind at its worst, aimlessly seeking a new home and declaring their manifest right to the first habitable planet that they encounter. Never mind that said planet grew out of terraforming efforts undertaken in a previous human, imperial era that self-destructed (as humans so often do). The last remnants of humanity versus the last human of a previous era, defending an experiment that failed on her terms and succeeded on its own. I never thought I'd find spiders, a civilization of spiders so engrossing, sympathetic and — often — admirable. Instead of conquering as humans are inclined to they collaborate. Instead of consuming their environment, they respect it and grow with it. First contact with an alien species that you unwittingly created and they show you the mercy you would refuse them . Humanity unintentionally births something unlike them and it is all the better for those differences. This is one of the more imaginative sci-fi books I've read since The Expanse and I can't wait to dig into the rest.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9780316452496/children-of-time",
  "publishedAt": "2025-01-27T00:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "scifi",
    "fiction"
  ],
  "title": "Children of Time"
}