Children of Time: Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Jun 2015 · Pan Macmillan
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a hostile, terraformed planet.
'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls
The last remnants of the human race have left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age – a world terraformed and prepared for human life.
But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, its new occupiers have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.
Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who will emerge as the rightful heirs of this new Earth?
Dive into Tchaikovsky's chillingly brilliant universe with Children of Time, the Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.
Continue the journey with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.
'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls
The last remnants of the human race have left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age – a world terraformed and prepared for human life.
But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, its new occupiers have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.
Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who will emerge as the rightful heirs of this new Earth?
Dive into Tchaikovsky's chillingly brilliant universe with Children of Time, the Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.
Continue the journey with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.
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4.6
999 reviews
Carey Smith
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August 19, 2017
Intriguing concept. The ending felt like Adrian just became tired of writing and dumped the Le Grande Finis in our laps all at once just to be done with his writing assignment. Clever, nonetheless. Investments in the characters came to a clanging close like a cold steel door. Sum total because of the abrupt resolution....*shrug*
9 people found this review helpful
Robert P
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August 7, 2017
I started reading with enthusiasm, which waned as reading the human parts became tedious. The end seemed more rushed and unsatisfactory, from the human point of view. The story will please the modern progressive mind.
9 people found this review helpful
Richard Richard
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January 12, 2018
Characterless, pointless, tedious. This must be the most BORING rubbish I've ever had the displeasure to read. Please don't waste your time or money.
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About the author
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son.
He is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, Echoes of the Fall series, and Children of Time, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
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