What would happen if a spider extended its web and therefore its sensibility beyond certain limits?
The spider would start to receive signals from areas inhabited by other creatures and with climates other than its own.
The web would begin to change the world around it.
But with this web would the spider ever sense the whole world or...
more »What would happen if a spider extended its web and therefore its sensibility beyond certain limits?
The spider would start to receive signals from areas inhabited by other creatures and with climates other than its own.
The web would begin to change the world around it.
But with this web would the spider ever sense the whole world or a new reality?
Of what lies beyond - colours, smells, people - it would still be hovering in absolute ignorance.
[adapted from Borderliners by Peter Hoeg]
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