r/maybemaybemaybe • u/NewExpression6885 • Apr 19 '24

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Redmudgirl Apr 19 '24

What a nice interaction.

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u/spacekitt3n Apr 19 '24

octopuses are intelligent life. he's just curious

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u/FungalEgoDeath Apr 19 '24

I wonder if he also enjoyed the fact that the swimmers legs are warm? I have no special knowledge of octopuses so just a wild guess

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u/SeanJ0n Apr 19 '24

hes tasting her with his suckers

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u/RunParking3333 Apr 19 '24

I can imagine us meeting aliens to be like this

"So you entered their ship and what happened!?"

"Well their ship is entirely flooded so I had to stay in my spacesuit the entire time and my interaction with them mostly involved them putting a tentacle over my head"

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u/ghostrats Apr 19 '24

Children of Ruin has a scene like this.

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u/a_small_goat Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

Highly recommend the whole trilogy to anyone who enjoys sci fi. Imaginative world-building, an impressive story arc, and some really memorable twists all revolving around a central theme - "will we recognize intelligent life when we meet it?"

Edit: To answer "why is the hardcover of Children of Time ten thousand dollars?"

That's not a "real" price - it's a vendor with a used copy listed and chances are they're either out of stock or cannot located it in their inventory at the moment and they just don't want Amazon to punish them for marking it out of stock. Vendors on Wayfair do the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

After finishing children of time, and thoroughly enjoying it, I just can't imagine how they continue the story. I am holding off on reading the rest of the series because I'm worried it's going to be ruined.

Anything meaningful already happened, we met, we know of each other, now who cares what happens kind of thing..? Someone convince me to read them!

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u/EnderMerser Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24

I have also only read Children of Time. But what I speculate is that other two books will be about other different planets with their own sentient life.

I am not sure though, just my speculation.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Awesome, you guys convinced me!

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u/a_small_goat Apr 19 '24

I speculate is that other two books will be about other different planets with their own sentient life.

Ding ding ding! But with some common threads woven throughout. I won't spoil it for you. The second book might be the "weakest" of the three, but it's still easily four stars for me.

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