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Books by Adrian Tchaikovsky mentioned on podcasts

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5 books across 14 episodes on 5 podcasts.

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  1. Children of Time

    12 mentions · Behind the Bastards, How I Write, Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

    Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an acclaimed science fiction novel that chronicles the evolution of an advanced civilization built by intelligent genetically modified spiders.

    Discussed
    “I haven't read any good fiction book lately. ­I've been reading a sci-fi book called Children of Time. ­Oh, good. ­Oh, Adrian Takoski. ­Great guy.”
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  2. Children of Ruin

    6 mentions · How I Write, The Ezra Klein Show, Modern Wisdom

    Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an imaginative science fiction novel that explores deep space exploration, alien encounters, and the evolutionary development of non-human intelligence, notably octopuses.

    Discussed
    “So for example in Children of Ruin, which is the second of my kind of big sci-fi books in that series, I wanted to write about uplifted octopuses because they are very fascinating creatures, but that felt like half a book.”
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  3. Children of Memory

    1 mention · The Ezra Klein Show

    Discussed
    “and then Tchaikovsky brought out his new book children of memory and this one is about corbetts about a kind of bird or at least that's what it is supposed to be about”
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  4. City of Last Chances

    2 mentions · How I Write

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  5. Dogs of War

    1 mention · How I Write

    Discussed
    “So, there's in Dogs of War the main character is Rex. He is an bioengineered dog who is being used as a military asset.”
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