octospider

This second corridor also led to the descending barrel corridor with the protruding spikes, but it passed the room that Richard and I called the octospider museum along the way.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

I shook the grill on the octospider lair and descended briefly into the land of the avians.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

The octospider moved toward us in the room and, despite Katie's assurances, my fear returned with full force.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

While the octospider was staring at us, that lens was teeming with activity.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

Both the octospider covering and the pair of protective grills were open.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

For her birthday he took her over to the octospider lair cover and they rattled the grills together.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

She recalled a similar moment, years before when she was with Richard in the photograph room of the octospider lair in Rama, when she had struggled to grasp the immensity of the universe in terms of total information content.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

When I wiped my eyes and opened them, an octospider was standing in the museum doorway.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

On the second or third night, a naked Prince Henry, engorged with desire, his body a vibrant purple in color, appeared for two or three seconds in the middle of another vision in which I was riding on a giant green octospider.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

ARTHUR C. C.ARKE AND GENTRY LEE Simone can also correctly identify drawings of an avian, an octospider, and the four most prevalent types of biots.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992