Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named "Kern's World", where the plan is to release monkeys le-monke infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern's World hoping to find paradise.


also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good


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[–] [M] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!

the list as it stands:

oscardejarjayes* (1/13 - 1/19)
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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Met an autistic trans girl who programs for a railway company

    catgirl-salute

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    1 year of HRT, let's fucking goooo!!! transshork-happy

    Might write a bit about it later, but the short and sweet is that estrogen fucking rocks and idk how I ever lived without it catgirl-peace

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Quite frankly, I'm a woman because I said so.

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    [–] [S] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    you are metrosexual because you wear skinny jeans and wash daily

    i am metrosexual because i appreciate the eroticism of trains

    we-are-not-the-same

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Aghhhhghghhghgghg just sent a text asking someone on a date. Hhhhhhgggggggg I'm not good at this

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    I tried speed dating and this is about how it went:

    Them: Says some presumably interesting anecdote about themselves but I can't hear them

    Me: "WHAT?"

    repeat for two hours

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Death to the reactionary egg prime directive! Long live the revolutionary zone of proximal transgender development!

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    what's up ladies? today I'm single yet completely and utterly unprepared to mingle

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Boobs are growing again. Also probably more important than size for me is that they're getting a lot rounder and less awkwardly shaped catgirl-heart

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Havin' a real rough time today catgirl-flop

    Finally got an avatar though

    kirby-wave

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Inside of you are two wolves:

    two-wolves-1 One of them wants to form a big cuddle pile with all your trans cuties and make animal noises

    the other wants to wave a giant red banner in front of a burning skyline while calling the masses to the barricades two-wolves-2

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've said this all before but I'm feeling it real good again. I'm so freaking thankful for this website. I'm so so so glad I came on here and made that post with my feels and met you all. I'm almost certain I would still be calling myself a cis man i it wasn't for you all 😭, and because I don't, I'm happier than I've ever been. I'm still trying to figure out the details, but realizing I don't have to be a guy has been so unimaginably freeing, and I wanted to thank you all again for helping me realize it.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    CW: Extreme depression, dysphoriaMy brain is screaming out in agony tonight. I was watching GDQ and a lot of donations started to come in about how trans folks families were so accepting and supportive. What a stark difference between them and myself where I lost literally everyone except for my mother. I even lost my fucking husband. It's so painful. I'm so happy others had it better than me, but gods it's killing me on the inside and I just want to cry. It hurts so much. Sometimes I wish I wasn't trans and this is one of those moments. I fucking hate everything right now.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ugh I hope I never tire of people telling me they love my outfit

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    i thought i was really gonna miss having gargantuan pockets when i moved to more femme clothing, but honestly i love having a silly little handbag so much.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    My fuckin bottom surgery application was rejected because I faxed it the same day as my doctors did his half πŸ™„. And it took a few months for them to reject me, now I'll just have to do it again I guess

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I got kidnapped by a bunch of trans girls today. Was not expecting that to be how my day ended but I'm not complaining

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    internalized transphobiaEvery time I go outside and see a cis woman my age I become jealous and sad. I feel so inferior to them. They're born with the right body, while I have to spend a huge amount of time, effort and money in order to change mine. I have to be on HRT for the rest of my life, do voice training and go through several major surgeries, and even then there's no guarantee that cis people will perceive me as a woman.

    And will I ever feel like a real woman? Even if I reach the point where I fully pass, that won't change the fact that I've spent several decades living as the wrong gender, and that I'll never have periods or the ability to give birth distress

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Had to remind an ex that we will remain exes for the foreseeable future, that sucks.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wearing swords should come back in fashion. My outfit would look much more complete with a smallsword.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The only centrists I support are androgynous people

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    THEY'RE TURNING THEIR FRIGGIN' KEYBOARDS TRANSalex-aware

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    dysmorphiaOh God I reeeeealllly hate the way I look so much. I got a look at my side profile today and I just hate the way I look, I can't believe I appear to other people like this. I have way too much fat on my face, my neck is too wide so my face just looks like a blob. I'm also overweight and just fucking hate the way my body looks

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Every time i try to join a discord i'm too afraid to actually say anything.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've been touching obscene amounts of grass lately and have been neglecting what's most important in life - posting in the trans mega

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm booking an appointment and the only gender neutral honorific is Dr. So fuck it, if you have to call me something, call me Doctor Moss. Doc Moss is acceptable.

    Unironically wish I could put in Comrade instead of Mr or Miss or whatever

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    happy January 6th to all who celebrate

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I'm missing out on formative years by not having an ex by now, all the ex jokes I could be making as a jaded 30 something year old πŸ˜”

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just paid my semester's tuition and... I have more money than I thought I would, I've got an entire extra month's rent compared to what I expected and then some more to cover all my books. I'm starting to feel actually kind of okay being independent? A lot of the worry about if I'd be able to be okay is gone now, replaced, admittedly by other worries, but I feel okay about my situation, even if it's not super secure or the most comfortable, its become livable. Especially since the past few weeks finally gave me my first real break in over a year and I was able to rest a little.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    transphobia is some bullshit. i thought people liked pretty girls but apparently want to stop me from become one? what gives?

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Still feel self conscious enough to stop my self from using feminine mannerisms around other people, but now it comes with guilt over not asserting myself 🫠

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    s*xI went to a dance class with my partner last night and as it was getting near the end they whispered in my ear, "How about we continue this with just the two of us and more tongue?" panting

    Then we went back to my place and we made love for two hours and I even got a little bottom-speak time. I'm feeling exhausted in the best way right now.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    God damn it I'm so late and forgot to do my new thread love post, what's wrong with me?

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I have my HRT consultation on Thursday and I can't stop thinking about it

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    My parents and immediate family keep asking me "when are you bringing home a girlfriend?" every time I visit and I have no idea how to tell them that sooner or latter the "girlfriend" that will come home might just be me.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    what are good things to do with puppygirls im new to this

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    transition goals: to get to the point where i can have long hair again without someone immediately misgendering me

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    so i was walking through the house earlier when i noticed that one board that my parents insist on keeping which tracks how tall me and my siblings were through time with the little marks and the date of when the mark was kept? out of curiosity I went and I checked my height as it stands now and... I've apparently lost about half an inch since I was 17. God I guess I wasn't going crazy, I do feel faintly just a bit shorter since starting HRT. It's totally possible it might just be normal aging things but I think it might be true, HRT does make you shrink a little

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Finally gonna go to my GP today and ask for a referal to a transgender clinic. I'm so excited/nervous I couldn't even sleep.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    put some effort into painting my nails instead of just throwing on a quick layer like i normally do. did base coat, 2 coats black, then shiny top coat, just took my time at it while i was installing new linux on my laptop, it was relaxing. starting to think it's kinda worth the effort, they look really nice and shiny and will take longer to chip off.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Really hoping I pass enough for my sister’s wedding doggirl-gloom

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    buying the cheapest men's shaving gel instead of the same thing in a pink box and double the price from the woman's aisle catgirl-peace

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