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Science Fiction. Humans are not the dominant species vs. Gigantic aliens. Protagonist is male survivor from a tribe called something like "the humankind" who were parasites of the aliens. Read 2013-2022, but probably published much earlier. Spoilers ahead.
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I don't recall the spaceship part of the what you listed. But what you described has some similarities to the 1989 Men Like Rats by Rob Chilson.
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"In a world where men and women live like rats in the corridors and pantries of gigantic conquering aliens, one man battles an alien plan to decimate the remains of humankind"
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Can you describe the gigantic aliens?
Does the story take place on Earth? Is that "Heath" or "Heart"?
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Reminds me of William Tenn's Of men and monsters, (first published 1968) where at the end they finish by boarding an alien spaceship and hiding there to spread off Earth.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Men_...
There are different cover images.
Yeah, definitely Of Men and Monsters.
What's the Name of That Book???
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On the Heath, humans are not the dominant species; the gigantic alien does not recognize us as the species who originally built the Heart civilization.
The protagonist is a male survivor from a tribe who calls themselves something like "the humankind" but were only hundreds of individuals or so. They used to be parasites of the aliens and were killed by them.
The protagonist finds a technologically advanced human tribe deep into the wall of the alien building. There is a debate about technology (old human technology vs. alien technology vs. new technology) and a love subplot. The fact that the protagonist is (or maybe had?) twins is somehow relevant.
The book finishes with humanity accepting his role as the perfect parasite species and spreading to the stars as the alien vermins through aliens' spaceships.
I read this in the last ten years, but I feel it was probably MUCH older... Maybe from the '80 or so? Possibly a Shi FI masterwork series