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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Review: Shards of Earth (The Final Architects Trilogy #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

June 6, 2022 by Jared Besse Leave a Comment

I’m a big Adrian Tchaikovsky fan. Children of Time is a modern classic and stands as my favorite sci-fi novel of all time while Cage of Souls is a vastly underrated and incredible novel. Tchaikovsky’s works are always incredibly innovative and creative. From Elder Race (a fun novella which mixes fantasy and sci-fi) to his Shadows of the Apt series (a fantasy book with insect type races which I need to read more of) there’s always some interesting worldbuilding and fascinating ideas going on – and Shards of the Earth is no exception.

Filed Under: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Orbit Books, Science Fiction, Shards of Earth, The Final Architecture

Review: Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 11, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Many sci-fi fans speak of the Golden Age of Science Fiction as something that has long since passed. Whether it’s the 1930’s, ‘40s or ‘50s, the days of Asimovs, Heinleins, “Doc” Smiths, Bradburys and more are a forlorn memory… right? From my perspective, the answer is “Hell no!” The last decade or two has seen a stunning resurgence of sci-fi and space opera that recaptures the magic of far-flung galaxies, grand ideas, scientific marvels, strange aliens and more, but at the same time delivering fast-paced, engaging narratives and characters who are actually relatable. One author who stands at the forefront of this modern movement is Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky showed his natural talent for the genre with the 2015 novel Children of Time. Since then, he has honed his craft with every release (and he releases a lot of books with unbelievable frequency), and his new series The Final Architecture, starting with last year’s Shards of Earth, is space opera at its very best.

Filed Under: Aliens, Hard SciFi, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Eyes of the Void, Orbit Books, The Final Architecture

Author Chat: Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 5, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Adrian Tchaikovsky for a chat about his long writing journey, the galactic worldbuilding, politics and characters of The Final Architecture series, his personal history with biology and zoology, creating strange alien races and writing empathetic aliens, the contrast between writing fantasy and science fiction, how he approaches research and much more.

Filed Under: Author Chat, Book Tube, Interview Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Eyes of the Void, Orbit Books, Shards of Earth, The Final Architecture

SFF Addicts Ep. 13: Space Ooopera (with Adrian Tchaikovsky, J. S. Dewes & Jonathan Nevair)

February 8, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Adrian Tchaikovsky, J. S. Dewes and Jonathan Nevair as they explore the wonders of space opera in a galaxy far, far away. During the panel they discuss the (often confusing) fundamentals and origins of space opera, aliens vs. the human experience, the shifting perspectives of the genre, subversion of outdated genre conventions, mythology and history as a framework for modern sci-fi stories and much more.

Filed Under: Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, J.S. Dewes, Jonathan Nevair, Science Fiction, SFF Addicts, Space Opera

Review: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

September 29, 2021 by Jared Besse Leave a Comment

Elder Race begins as a classic fantasy story with a young princess out on a quest to prove herself by going to get the reclusive of a sorcerer to come fight the demon hurting her people. However, this is Tchaikovsky, so nothing is quite as it seems.

If a different kind of fantasy story mixed with science intrigues you, I highly recommend picking this up. Well written, good characters and filled with interesting ideas and developments, this is a great novella.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Book Review, elder race, Fantasy, Novella, Review, Science Fiction

Review: Shards of Earth (The Final Architects Trilogy #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 28, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blog Tour, Blogging, Book Blog, Science Fiction, Shards of Earth

TBRcon21 Recap: Thursday, January 28th

February 23, 2021 by David W Leave a Comment

A little bit of a “in case you missed it” type post with full panel recordings. Check the promos above each video to see the topics and panelists. Hope you enjoy!

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: #Scifi, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alina Boyden, Anna Stephens, Christian Cameron, Daniel Kelly, Elisa A Bonin, Essa Hansen, Evan Winter, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, History in SFF, Katherine Arden, Miles Cameron, Nicholas Eames, RJ Barker, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Sebastien De Castell, Sonora Reyes, Stephen Aryan, Sunyi Dean, TBRcon, TBRcon21, The Intersection of Neurodivergence & SFF Writing

Author Chat – Essa Hansen

October 29, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Gather ’round and hang out as David chats with author Essa Hansen about her life, writing, and upcoming debut sci-fi novel, Nophek Gloss (11/17/20)

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alastair Reynolds, Children of Time, Essa Hansen, New Voices in Orbit 2020, Nophek Gloss, Orbit, Orbit Books, Orbit Publishing, Science Fiction, Space Opera, The Graven

5 Science Fiction Books I Want to Read

October 7, 2020 by David S Leave a Comment

With SciFiMonth 2020 (click here to join) coming up in November I decided to look through my TBR and come up with the 5 Sci Fi books that I want to get to sooner rather than later. Fantasy is my comfort zone, but I want to get into more Science Fiction in the near future. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Craig Alanson, Essa Hansen, Expeditionary Force, Martha Wells, Nophek Gloss, Outbound Flight, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth2020, The Graven, The Murderbot Diaries, Timothy Zahn

AVATARS INC: A Sci-FI Anthology Edited by Ann VanderMeer

March 13, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Ann VanderMeer, Anthology, AVATARS INC, Charles Yu, Dr. Harry Kloor, Indrapamit Das, James S.A. Corey, Jeffrey Ford, Johanna Sinisalo, Julianna Baggot, Julie Novakova, JY Yang, K Chess, Kelly Robson, Ken Liu, Madeline Ashby, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Nino Cipri, Pat Cadigan, Paul McAuley, Sci Fi, SL Huang, Tade Thompson, Tom Sweterlisch, XPRIZE

Review: Made Things (Made Things #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

January 23, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Fantasy, Made Things, Novella, Red Nose Studio, Steampunk, Tor.com, Tor.com Publishing

Top Reads of 2019

December 23, 2019 by David W Leave a Comment

What’s up everyone. The end of the year has arrived and with it comes the season of lists. Best movies, TV shows, songs, books, etc of 2019. The thing I have found fascinating is that people begin posting their “Best Of” lists in December, which completely negates anything you would get to in the entire […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: 2019, 2019 Fantasy, 2019 Thriller, A Lush and Seething Hell, A Time of Blood, Ace, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Angus Watson, Anna Smith Spark, Bird Box, Blake Crouch, Book of the Ancestor, Books, Brian Lee Durfee, C. J. Tudor, Children of Time, Chuck Wendig, City of Sacrifice, Dan Stout, Dark Age, DAW, Del Rey, Empires of Dust, Evan Winter, Fantasy, Gollancz, Growing Things and Other Stories, Hachette Book Group, Harper Voyager, HarperCollins, Holy Sister, Horror, Inspection, Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, John Hornor Jacobs, Josh Malerman, Josiah Bancroft, Kealan Patrick Burke, Last Arguement of Kings, Legacy, Legacy of Ash, Mark Lawrence, Matthew ward, Michael R Fletcher, Mike Shackle, Nevernight, Of Blood and Bone, Orbit, Orbit Books, Paul Tremblay, Penguin Random House, Pierce Brown, Recursion, Red Rising, Saga Press, Sam Sykes, Science Fiction, Seven Blades in Black, Smoke and Stone, Stephen Graham Jones, Summer Frost, The Books of Babel, The Burning, The Carter Archives, The Chalk Man, The Faithful and the Fallen, The First Law, The Five Warrior Angels, The Forgetting Moon, The Grave of Empires, The Hod King, The House of Sacrifice, The Last War, The Only Good Indians, The Other People, The Rage of Dragons, Thriller, Titanshade, Top 2019 Books, Top 2019 Reads, Top Books of 2019, Top Reads of 2019, Two Like Me and You, Wanderers, We Are the Dead, We Live Inside Your Eyes, West of West, Where Gods Fear to Go, You Die When You Die

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