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Birds of a feather

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

July 25, 2025 by NatalieH Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Culture (this book features first contact between different cultures, and touches on the thematic philosophical question of if destroying a culture is worth it if it means saving the people of that culture). This is the third book in the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and I have just flown through them all in the past few days. I loved the first two books in the series, so I wanted to start this one almost immediately after finishing Children of Ruin. Much like […]

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

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr17bingo ·
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Curiosity killed the octopus

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

July 23, 2025 by NatalieH Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Diaspora (this book features humans (and their creations) that originated (or are descendants of those that originated) on Earth and have been spread into smaller groups throughout the galaxy). I started Children of Ruin basically the day after I finished Children of Time, partly because I was excited to continue the story, and partly because I refused to forget the plot of first book again and have to do another re-read (this happens to me with series far too often). In some ways, this is […]

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

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:59 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr17bingo ·
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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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