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Re: planets

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 4:27
Am 12/21 12:51  Sylvia Sotomayor yscrifef:

> There was a passably well-written book with an awful cover published > by Baen called "Mother of Demons" that was essentially a > first-contact story set on a planet of cephalopods, who communicated > by changing color and had the obligatory sci-fi wierd mating > practices, and, since this was a Baen book, armies and other miltary > paraphenalia. > > Worth reading, just don't read the copy on the back of the book. >
I recall the book _Other Senses, Other Worlds_ has a chapter on octopuses as sentient lifeforms. They concluded the only reason why octopuses haven't developed as a sentient species is because they have short lifespans. Someone else will have to remember the book details, because I can't think of them offhand. I'm sure it's been mentioned before. - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Piskie, Piskie, say Amen Doon on your knees and up agen." "Presbie, Presbie, dinna bend; Sit ye doon on mon's chief end." - Attributions unknown.