Re: planets

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.
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