[cyberpunk]

I’m sure I read a sci-fi novel some years back where one of the main characters selectively breeds octopuses for intelligence before dropping them on a terraformed planet and there was a small bit about how he didn’t like octopuses either and so called them octopii.

I’m in his boat ;)

fun book, forgot the name.

[mellavora]

But not as cool as "Whales on Stilts"

[yayitswei]

Could it be "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky?

(ht Claude)

[jayGlow]

it sounds more like the sequel "children of ruin" children of time primarily involves spiders.

[diggan]

> Could it be "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky?

Currently reading that one and there is no octopuses (only read half so far though) but a lot of spiders, ants and space-faring primates :)

[globular-toast]

Right. They are talking about the sequel, Children of Ruin.

[user982]

Children of Ruin.

[dougfulop]

Children of Time!