Ch 16, Page 34
Nov19
The Crystal People are loosely based off the silicoids from an Alan Dean Foster novel, and while they didn’t practice cannibalism they were ridiculously pragmatic and didn’t blink an eye at altering their organs with surgery if the situation necessitated it. In fact they pulled out and replaced the human protagonist’s eyes without his permission, giving him much better ones that he could use without sunglasses on their world; they did it all while he was sleeping and so skillfully he initially assumed they just put eye drops in or something. (They apologized afterwards; they thought they were being friendly!) So my Crystal People are similarly very pragmatic; they waste nothing if they’re in dire situations.
ohhh, I remember that book, I really liked it, each one with their own trait to help the hive(?). it did have lasers didn’t it, I really liked the final scene.
I’m surprised I hadn’t noticed the similarity between to two, Oh well maybe next random similar for a reason reference.
I should find it again just so I remember the title of the book, then to read it of course 😛
“Sentenced to Prism”
Well, I just ordered that book from Amazon. I’ve got to give it a read.