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  • That story is about humans living as symbiotic housepets to female arachnid-like aliens who use a biological drug to calm and addict the young humans, then implant their larvae in them - hopefully not killing the human in the process.

    MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

  • An arachnid-like get-up may be startling, but a digital effect that makes it seem as if its human occupant can bend his legs forward at the knees will bring it to vivid and terrifying life.

    The Virtuoso of Blood and Guts Steve Oney 2011

  • It may look like a new, improved version of Godzilla or like the stylish, designer ­monsters in Aliens, or the arachnid-like ­creatures in Cloverfield, or it may appear as the gigantic mutant ­serpent-fish in Korean horror movies, or like the ­Terminator, or the ­extraterrestrial ­steroid kings in

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • It followed a rogue snow pirate fighting an evil megacorporation and battling arachnid-like monsters on the frozen world of EDN III.

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

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