Titanide (Gaea Trilogy)

Titanide (Gaea Trilogy)

The Titanide is a fictional species featured in the Gaea trilogy, a series of three science fiction novels by John Varley. In the novels the Titanides are important secondary characters and we learn much about their biology, physiology and psychological makeup. They are an artificial lifeform, created by the intelligence which controls the great wheel-shaped habitat in which they live. Since the wheel is actually a living creature itself, both it and the intelligence controlling it are known as Gaea.