Conflicting Thought Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Hi peoples, For some time now i have been increasingly facinated by the stranges of nature, but, more specifically, insects and their (to my human eyes) alien behaviour and looks. I recently also saw the movie Annihilation, and that instilled in me a hunger for stories that involved the mixing of the strange and the natural and/or biological worlds. I've done some research and i have read some books like this all ready, like, The Voorh, Children of Time, the first Annihilation book (and the movie), but i would like to read some of the recommendations that the community might have on the subject, i would also be very interested in Non-Fiction recommnedations too, i searched on google for books and the like on the subject of how strange and facinating insects an other animals are, but found none that satiated my desire. Read you later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Neal Ashers books are good in that regard imo. I have not read any of his recent works though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bms295 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Shadows of the apt. Its by the same author as Children of Time and also fits your criteria fairly well. Kameron Hurleys earlier work also does, to a lesser extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Not insects, but Aldiss' "Helliconia" has some interesting nature (partly evolutionary caused by astronomically plausible "superseasons"). LeGuin's "Left hand of darkness" has humanoids that change their biological sex periodically but it is surprisingly unimportant both for their society and even less for the plot (nevertheless a book that deserves its status as a classic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, bms295 said: Shadows of the apt. Its by the same author as Children of Time and also fits your criteria fairly well. Tchaikovsky does like weird biology in his plotlines. His SF novel Dogs of War would be another good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Not sure if it's too much of a stretch but Mieville's Embassytown features an alien species and their planet. The species is very insect-like and there is a lot going on with biology and language especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicting Thought Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 thanks for the recs!. i will check those books. its kinda hard to find books that speak on the strangeness and the horror of insects and other biological things , you would think that there would be plenty of material but i´ve had a difficult time finding it. i did found an article that scratchess this particular itch. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1973/11/the-force-that-drives-the-flower/308963/?single_page=true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bms295 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Its been years since ive read it, but if i remember correctly one of the main characters in China Mieville's Perdido Street Station is also an insect like creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicting Thought Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 6 hours ago, bms295 said: Its been years since ive read it, but if i remember correctly one of the main characters in China Mieville's Perdido Street Station is also an insect like creature. Yes, i think its like the body of a human and the dñhead its a scarab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Uh, Kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of Bernard Werber's Empire of the Ants (Les Fourmis) for some time now. Never read it but sounds interesting. Maybe Robert Repino's War with No Name series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicting Thought Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Uh, Kafka I mean there is an insect i guess, but its not really what im looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicting Thought Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Astromech said: I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of Bernard Werber's Empire of the Ants (Les Fourmis) for some time now. Never read it but sounds interesting. Maybe Robert Repino's War with No Name series? Thanks!, empire of the ants sounds like its a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Conflicting Thought said: Thanks!, empire of the ants sounds like its a good read. You're welcome. Yeah, it sounds intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 An obscure series that fits your "weird biology" criterion is Brian Stableford's Genesys trilogy (Serpent's Blood, Salamander's Fire and Chimera's Cradle). It takes place on a planet colonised by humans who have descended to a medieval level of technology because all human artefacts rot away within weeks. The strange ecosystem of the planet drives the plot and is the most interesting part of the trilogy (there are some touches of horror). However it is out of print I think, so it may not be simple to find copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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