Health warning aside though, this is lengthy pacy read covering millions of miles, thousands of years and the rise/fall of two civilisations. The arachnid evolution is highly imaginative and particularly well told. So much so, that it could well force you to consider them in a new light.
There are fascinating ideas here, e.g. the possibility of inheriting knowledge as new instincts or understandings as well as how a civilisation would work in the absence of certain inventions like the wheel, but with strong knowledge of biochemistry. Finally, there are also ethical dilemmas like can you really take a planet where a sentient species already has a home - even if you can't understand what they are saying?
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