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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Review: City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

December 13, 2022 by Tom Bookbeard Leave a Comment

The City of Last Chances, was carved out of granite by an industrial literary automaton. Everything has been precisely placed to full effect. Its demon-powered factories belch black infernal smoke to power the prose as burn you through the pages.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Head of Zeus

Review: City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

December 8, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Tchaikovsky’s City of Last Chances weaves complex family structures, pantheons, and warring factions into a gloomy, occupied city-scape – Ilmar has long been without hope, long been a city of divided beliefs and downright debauchery and crime, now occupied by the perfectionist Pals. This work wore its inspirations on its sleeves, heavily reminiscent of the Black Iron Legacy and The Last War. Immediately, I was transported back to Jia and Guerdon in these pages, but it was only a passing whiff of their scents because Ilmar itself was a blend of something in itself.

Filed Under: Blog Tour, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Review: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

November 15, 2022 by Jared Besse 3 Comments

I’m happy to announce that Children of Memory exceeded my expectations and was a wild ride from the front to back. It may not be perfect, but it is a great science fiction novel with signature Tchaikovsky creativity all wrapped in a great philosophical question.

Filed Under: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Book Review, children of memory, Orbit Books, Review, Science Fiction

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 10 Comments

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

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