Novel with plot element of a water world with multi-armed creatures which communicate by joining arms
This novel had a female protagonist as I recall.
A spacecraft was travelling with some purpose, dropped out of hyperspace mid-journey to find a planet with undersea cities and aliens something line sea-stars, with multiple arms, communicated with each other by joining arms, formed a network that way.
I recall that later in the narrative this planet was destroyed.
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This novel had a female protagonist as I recall.
A spacecraft was travelling with some purpose, dropped out of hyperspace mid-journey to find a planet with undersea cities and aliens something line sea-stars, with multiple arms, communicated with each other by joining arms, formed a network that way.
I recall that later in the narrative this planet was destroyed.
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This novel had a female protagonist as I recall.
A spacecraft was travelling with some purpose, dropped out of hyperspace mid-journey to find a planet with undersea cities and aliens something line sea-stars, with multiple arms, communicated with each other by joining arms, formed a network that way.
I recall that later in the narrative this planet was destroyed.
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This novel had a female protagonist as I recall.
A spacecraft was travelling with some purpose, dropped out of hyperspace mid-journey to find a planet with undersea cities and aliens something line sea-stars, with multiple arms, communicated with each other by joining arms, formed a network that way.
I recall that later in the narrative this planet was destroyed.
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The Gw'oth appear in "Fleet of Worlds", the Ringworld novels by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, and in three of the sequels.
Lerner has an article about the species on his blog.
A Gw’o loosely resembles a starfish crossed with an octopus. The
Gw’o’s five flexible extremities are equally spaced around a disklike
central mass. Each tubular tentacle—tubacle—harkens back to the Gwo’s
ancestral, free-ranging tube worms. From the mouth inward, arrayed in
consecutive rings around the tube’s inner surface, are teeth, eyes,
ears, and the myriad chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Shared
organs, including most of the central nervous system, reside in the
central disk. Flattened and with its tubacles outstretched, a Gw’o
spans about two-thirds of a meter.
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
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The Gw'oth appear in "Fleet of Worlds", the Ringworld novels by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, and in three of the sequels.
Lerner has an article about the species on his blog.
A Gw’o loosely resembles a starfish crossed with an octopus. The
Gw’o’s five flexible extremities are equally spaced around a disklike
central mass. Each tubular tentacle—tubacle—harkens back to the Gwo’s
ancestral, free-ranging tube worms. From the mouth inward, arrayed in
consecutive rings around the tube’s inner surface, are teeth, eyes,
ears, and the myriad chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Shared
organs, including most of the central nervous system, reside in the
central disk. Flattened and with its tubacles outstretched, a Gw’o
spans about two-thirds of a meter.
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
– Peter
Nov 20 '14 at 11:31
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The Gw'oth appear in "Fleet of Worlds", the Ringworld novels by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, and in three of the sequels.
Lerner has an article about the species on his blog.
A Gw’o loosely resembles a starfish crossed with an octopus. The
Gw’o’s five flexible extremities are equally spaced around a disklike
central mass. Each tubular tentacle—tubacle—harkens back to the Gwo’s
ancestral, free-ranging tube worms. From the mouth inward, arrayed in
consecutive rings around the tube’s inner surface, are teeth, eyes,
ears, and the myriad chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Shared
organs, including most of the central nervous system, reside in the
central disk. Flattened and with its tubacles outstretched, a Gw’o
spans about two-thirds of a meter.
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
– Peter
Nov 20 '14 at 11:31
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The Gw'oth appear in "Fleet of Worlds", the Ringworld novels by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, and in three of the sequels.
Lerner has an article about the species on his blog.
A Gw’o loosely resembles a starfish crossed with an octopus. The
Gw’o’s five flexible extremities are equally spaced around a disklike
central mass. Each tubular tentacle—tubacle—harkens back to the Gwo’s
ancestral, free-ranging tube worms. From the mouth inward, arrayed in
consecutive rings around the tube’s inner surface, are teeth, eyes,
ears, and the myriad chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Shared
organs, including most of the central nervous system, reside in the
central disk. Flattened and with its tubacles outstretched, a Gw’o
spans about two-thirds of a meter.
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The Gw'oth appear in "Fleet of Worlds", the Ringworld novels by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, and in three of the sequels.
Lerner has an article about the species on his blog.
A Gw’o loosely resembles a starfish crossed with an octopus. The
Gw’o’s five flexible extremities are equally spaced around a disklike
central mass. Each tubular tentacle—tubacle—harkens back to the Gwo’s
ancestral, free-ranging tube worms. From the mouth inward, arrayed in
consecutive rings around the tube’s inner surface, are teeth, eyes,
ears, and the myriad chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Shared
organs, including most of the central nervous system, reside in the
central disk. Flattened and with its tubacles outstretched, a Gw’o
spans about two-thirds of a meter.
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
– Peter
Nov 20 '14 at 11:31
Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
– Peter
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Yes that's it, it was "Fleet of Worlds". Thanks.
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