Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time

By Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • Release Date: 2018-09-18
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,377 Ratings

Description

Adrian Tchaikovsky's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Who will inherit this new Earth?

The last remnants of the human race 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, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters 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 are the true heirs of this new Earth?

Reviews

  • An unforgettable adventure

    5
    By Cosmic_Pearl
    The book is beautifully written. The characters struggles of individual and group survival progress the story in a natural and endearing way. I could not put this book down once I started. One of the best sci-fi/fantasy novels I have read this year. I enjoyed the focus on the characters and shared humanity. A must read!

  • Ok

    2
    By SLC-MTL
    Interesting story, but none of the characters were particularly interesting or engaging. As a reader, you just didn’t care about them

  • It might have been good

    2
    By xswatts
    If I had finished the book. The story wanders around so much I kept trying to figure out what the point of it was. It had potential but the story got lost in the story.

  • A Mirror on The Best and the Worst of Humanity

    4
    By Wolfboy3000
    I thought this was a beautifully crafted tale that reflected on the best intentions and the worst instincts of humanity. It vividly illustrates how we craft religious significance to phenomena we do not understand. The evolution of two civilizations and their eventual collision make you quietly root for both sides in their struggle for survival. Personally, I thought the ending was a bit abrupt, inconsistent with the rest of the story, and tidy to the point of being anticlimactic. It’s as if an editor walked by and, with ten pages to go, said “you’d better have a happy ending”. But the philosophical journeys were enjoyable and thought provoking.

  • A wonderful book to read

    5
    By YoiubhgA
    I loved the blend on the fantastical and humorous. A great read, full of characters one can attach themself too. I chance for humanity to survive. I loved this book.

  • An interesting read.

    4
    By Mateo reads
    A good read. A bit far fetched but hey that’s science fiction!

  • Wow.

    5
    By ratherhaveabeer
    Incredible book, unlike anything I’ve read before.

  • Too slow, too far-fetched

    2
    By Lono2013
    The spider chapters stop the action in its tracks. The spider technology is ridiculous and too far fetched. The deus ex machina resolution at the end makes it all more infuriating.

  • Good Read

    4
    By Mollib98
    I loved how different this book is. It really opened my mind on evolution and other cultures/societies.

  • Amazingly Different

    5
    By MrBlanston
    Not what I expected - in a good way. The same tropes you see in most science fiction novels were not here. original. fantastic.

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