Children of Memory: An action-packed alien adventure from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
Nov 2022 · Pan Macmillan
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From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin.
They dreamed of a new home.
They woke to a nightmare.
On Imir, Captain Holt founded a new colony on an empty world. In the process, he created hope and a new future for humanity. But, generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and equipment fails, strangers appear in a town where everyone knows their neighbour. Now the inexplicable lurks in the woods and the community fears that it's being observed – that they’re not alone.
They’d be right, as explorers from the stars have arrived in secret to help this lost outpost. Confident of their superior technology, and overseen by the all-knowing construct of Doctor Avrana Kern, they begin to study their long-lost cousins from Earth.
Yet the planet hides deeper mysteries. It seems the visitors aren’t the only watchers. And when the starfarers discover the scale of their mistake, it will be far too late to escape.
Children of Memory by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies.
They dreamed of a new home.
They woke to a nightmare.
On Imir, Captain Holt founded a new colony on an empty world. In the process, he created hope and a new future for humanity. But, generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and equipment fails, strangers appear in a town where everyone knows their neighbour. Now the inexplicable lurks in the woods and the community fears that it's being observed – that they’re not alone.
They’d be right, as explorers from the stars have arrived in secret to help this lost outpost. Confident of their superior technology, and overseen by the all-knowing construct of Doctor Avrana Kern, they begin to study their long-lost cousins from Earth.
Yet the planet hides deeper mysteries. It seems the visitors aren’t the only watchers. And when the starfarers discover the scale of their mistake, it will be far too late to escape.
Children of Memory by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies.
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April 18, 2024
Well... if you are into existential philosophy, than this is the book for you. in terms of readability it marks the low point of the trilogy. All three start from a rather artificially constructed situation. But where Books 1 and 2 took it fairly consistently forward from there, this relies on a convoluted narrative to do what exactly? Some/most of the endless inconsistencies that just keep piling up throughout the book get resolved in the end (in a way). Overall, an at times gruelling slog through in hindsight totally superfluous inner monologues, just get to something worth reading on the very last page - and then it ends :-/
Chris Wilson
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September 23, 2024
Very deep, sometimes the complexity of the time shifts fried my brain to the point of not really understanding the chapter until the next chapter, as though I was reading in deficit of understanding. It really makes you think about the nature of reality and consciousness, and if the number 37 was tossed in there by 'accident' or purely to press home that point on a higher level, either way, it worked.. Having read the 3 books of this trilogy, I am now about to embark on another one, being as I am now a huge Adrian Tchaikovski fan.
Jesse Reimer
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February 6, 2023
Very interesting and utterly fascinating. Philosophical topics abound, mind warping thoughts laid bare. I really, really enjoyed this entry into a wonderful series. The last 50 pages or so brought it all together so splendidly and the ending was intriguing. Great read for a sci-fi nut like myself!
About the author
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.
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