A ~4-5 foot tall Portia is going to make you wish you had.

It's the one reason why I think those books are just never going to be adapted to TV/Film.

quick google search leads to a page titled: "Sci-Fi Novel ‘Children of Time’ to Be Adapted by Colby Day for Lionsgate"

Well, that's interesting.

I honestly don't know how they're going to adapt it. A significant portion of the story is told from the perspective of the spiders. Just having giant spiders is going to make people freak out, let alone some of the scenes I remember from the book.

That doesn't even include the second book, which has even more.

I love Tchaikovsky and his (SF) books. They could use subtitles for communication between spiders.

> Just having giant spiders is going to make people freak out

This could be a real problem... maybe they can make them look cute, or something. Still not going to be helpful for people with arachnophobia.

i find it amazing how many books the guy has written - and almost all of very high quality. seriously, if you are an sf fan, read them.

Announcement of an adaptation doesn't mean it's actually going to be made, so there's that.