Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named “Kern’s World”, where the plan is to release monkeys le-monke infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern’s World hoping to find paradise.

also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good

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    • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 day ago

      ok serious answer it kinda depends on how the person in question sees it?

      as far as I can tell from some research on this front, theres defs at least one kind of puppygirls to want a space to turn their brains off and just do simple things - some of them like praise, some are sick of constantly having to think all the time and solve problems, etc. There may or may not be a sexual component to it, depending on the person, as far as I can tell. (I am in this category)

      I’m sure there are pups out there who don’t want to bark on command or be taken out on walks or be given “treats.” I dont know as much about those kinds as I’m not sure where to find them. Maybe there are some on this site :)

      I suspect its all highly variable so probdbly the only real thing you can do is ask what this person gets out of it themselves. then the real brainstorming can begin

    • Eco [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      give a puppygirl a fish and you’ll feed her for a day. give a puppygirl a fishing rod and she’ll bring it back to you wagging her tail