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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2022

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Sep 02, 2021 Ann rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2021, rws-fall-21

This is a door stopper of a book, and I’m glad I had no idea of that when I ordered it from the library. I might have deemed it too much work.
It’s *engrossing*. The start is ever so slightly slow (Kern, ew), but it picks up FAST.

The starting conceit of the book is never explored or explained, beyond some god-complex stuff, and that was both disappointing and a smart move. The goal of the Kern project was (view spoiler) ...more

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Dec 26, 2021 Kazen marked it as put-aside

GAH when mood reading works against me. This is a well written, fascinating book but I'm not in a 'plot-fight-plot-oh no!' mood right now. Glad to know I can come back to it when such a mood strikes because, wow. So well done. ...more

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Jun 30, 2022 Rosemary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

With humanity warring on Earth, Dr Avrana Kern plants the seeds of evolution on a distant planet. Many centuries later, people arrive in desperate need of a new home. But life on the experimental world hasn’t turned out the way Dr Kern expected.

Adrian Tchaikovsky has an amazing imagination! I love the way he describes “enhanced” animals (here and in Dogs of War) and their different evolution in both thought and engineering – for example, in this book they never invent the wheel because it isn’t ...more

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