Kindle cover of Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Subtitle "A Hostile Planet Holds Dangerous Secrets" showing some weird plant and bug life which looks impossibly large and, on the print cover is incredibly colorful.

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   Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2024 23:44:37 JST Jessamyn

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   Book 63: Alien Clay. If you like Tchaikovsky, or Van DerMeer, you'll like this. Taking place on a prison planet, it's an exploration of a whole new ecosystem where what we've come to know as "organisms" are true symbiotic colonies. Lots of ruminations about individuality vs. the whole and the concept of sell outs, takeover, and ultimately, revolution in the face of extreme resistance. A somewhat brutal book (it's a prison planet) but I liked the protagonist and enjoyed thinking about the science