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Adrian Tchaikovksy's 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?span
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?span
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Tchaikovsky, Adrian
- ISBN: 9780316452502
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.70
- Number Of Pages: 640
- Publication Year: 2018
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A perilous journey through the hubris of a dying humanity
Rebecca R. - 1 year 3 months agoWhen a project meant to expand the human footprint beyond the solar system goes awry, a paradise meant to be the dominion of Man toils under the intricate web of sentient spiders enhanced with humanity's capacity for community and penchant towards self-preservation. 3000 years later, when the dregs of humanity finally escape the poisoned earth, the last band of refugees must best the world of spiders and the mad-god AI who has raised them in her image. The Children of Time is a perilous journey through the hubris of a dying humanity perfect for anyone who dreams of escape but finds their first steps hampered by fear of the unknown; sometimes the devil you know is worse.
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Curious, beautiful, eye opening.
Aubrey V. - 4 years agoThis is one of those stories that leaves you with something after you finish reading it; something beautiful. Tchaikovsky mystically gifts the reader with a deeper understanding of what it means to be a conscious creature, and how beautiful it is in an empty universe. All of this is told through a plot driven narrative rather than a character driven one. This is one of those stories that blurs the arbitrary line between genre fiction and literary fiction. It should go on school reading lists- far superior to Ender’s Game (as far as sci-fi school reads go) but probably never will because of the the f-word count and sex references. Just read it.
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Pick this up--you won't regret it!
John H. - 5 years 3 months agoOne of my new sci fi favorites! Hard sci fi right up there with the greats: asimov, dick, heinlein, etc.
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An phenomenal vision of 'first contact'
Ernesto V. - 6 years 2 months agoChildren of Time offers a fantastic rethinking of the 'first contact' story line common in Sci-Fi. Tchaikovsky is a nimble writer, providing thoughtful explorations of human and alien societies as they slowly encounter one another. A remarkably taught and philosophical work. Highly recommended.