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Biographical note
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind – possibly excepting his son.
Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short-stories. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel – and Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. This was in the award’s thirtieth anniversary year.
If Homer had written space opera . . . Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent. This might be Tchaikovsky's best so far, and that's saying something
- Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on <i>Shards of Earth</i>,
Adrian Tchaikovsky: king of the spiders, master worldbuilder, and asker of intriguing questions. His books are packed with thought-provoking ideas (as well as lots of spiders; did I mention the spiders?). One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction
- Christopher Paolini, author of <i>To Sleep in a Sea of Stars</i> and <i>Fractal Noise</i>,
He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas
- Patrick Ness, author of <i>The Knife of Never Letting Go</i> and <i>A Monster Calls</i>,
A modern classic of the genre. Imaginative, kinetic, and wire tense. Highly recommended
- Gareth L. Powell, author of <i>Embers of War</i> and <i>Descendant Machine</i>,
A thoughtful, sweeping space adventure
- <i>SFX Magazine</i>,
A rip-roaring space opera featuring starship battles, genetically enhanced superhumans and multiple weird and wonderful aliens . . . I can't wait to read the next one
- <i>New Scientist</i>,
A combination of tight, evocative prose combined with erudition. In a story whose scope is the broad canvas of the history of all life in the universe, Tchaikovsky manages to zoom in on human moments without breaking a sweat. Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it
- Tade Thompson, author of <i>Rosewater</i> on <i>The Doors of Eden</i>,
Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building
- James McAvoy, actor (<i>Split</i>, <i>X-Men: First Class</i>), on <i>Children of Time</i>,
I cannot recommend it enough. It's a helluva first contact story, and that's only like its 5th most interesting feature!
- Ezra Klein, <i>New York Times</i> columnist, on <i>Children of Time</i>,
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind – possibly excepting his son.
Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short-stories. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel – and Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. This was in the award’s thirtieth anniversary year.