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Time keeps on slipping into the future

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

July 20, 2025 by NatalieH 2 Comments

CBR Bingo: Migrant (this book features the last of the human race fleeing a dying earth and travelling in stasis to find a habitable planet). This one is actually a re-read for me. I first read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky back at the beginning of 2020 and loved it. I did intend to read the next book in the series (Children of Ruin), but for whatever reason, never ended up getting around to it. By the time I did get around to it, I’d […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr17bingo

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr17bingo ·
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“He was, after all, still a trainee, even if he was simultaneously head of HR.”

Human Resources by Adrian Tchaikovsky

July 3, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

In this short story, Tchaikovsky explores the somehow already well trodden field of AI, and specifically the ways in which technology replacing people might create (or exacerbate) a crisis of meaning and community. Tim was hired on as an intern at Holring and Baselard’s HR department, and within the year found himself the last remaining member of it. Everyone else have been made redundant by various AI modules. Everyone Tim interacts with, in fact, is an artificial intelligence of some kind, that have all been […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Nart's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky ·
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“Captain Kirk would have thought of something by now, I’m sure, but I have no red-shirted confederates to feed to it.”

Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

June 8, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

Being an astronaut – it isn’t all tiny balls of ice cream and zero gravity bouncing. Plot: Gary has wanted to be an astronaut all his life. And not only did he become an astronaut, his first trip was to be part of a team investigating potential evidence of alien life. This is the stuff dreams are made of. Only that dream turned into a nightmare as they arrived and disaster starts taking them out. Gary is now alone, with no provision, and no sense […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Nart's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky ·
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“This is nothing but a tower, and I am nothing but a scientist of sufficiently advanced technology, which is to say a magician”

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

March 13, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I do not remember what part of our conversation in the end of year Cannonball Read Book Chat was that inspired me to put Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky onto my to read for the year. But I did add this science fiction novella to my list that day and then put it on my holds request list in January, proving that I was excited/interested enough to prioritize it to the early part of the year. But March me cannot remember specifically why December/January me did […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elder Race, novella, standalone

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elder Race, novella, standalone ·
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Horribly Fun

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

March 8, 2025 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

Tchaikovsky has a knack for making humans supporting actors in his space-faring opera about intelligent animal life. After reading Children of Time, which I enjoyed, I wasn’t sure how he would do a second book about a different species in a fresh way. But this second book is just as good as the first. Told in a similar way to Children of Time, Children of Ruin switches between the past and present. The past being a time when human civilization has basically self-destructed and sent […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliens, Children of Ruin, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, sci-fi, space

genericwhitegirl's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliens, Children of Ruin, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, sci-fi, space ·
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“Abnasio’s smile was so kindly you could shave with it.”

Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky

December 26, 2024 by Nart 5 Comments

I don’t know if Tchaikovsky’s interest in spiders preceded his writing or followed it, but the man writes a lot of books that try to force people to have compassion for spiders. But dude makes it work. Plot: A spider’s home in a forest is attacked by a team of adventurers on a holy quest to defeat a powerful, evil wizard. A deal was offered – the adventurers get what they need in exchange for not killing all the spiders. And what did they need? […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Nart's CBR16 Review No:52 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky ·
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