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Though not as rich a story as Children of Time, it still ticked most of the boxes for me. I especially loved the world building. Tchaikovsky does have a real gift for inventing worlds and characters that capture your imagination. 4⭐

🎧I forgot 1! It was Tchaikovsky week! I‘m muddling through Ogres 📚 too but work is super busy.

So this novella was a bit of a stinker for me. Seemed like a story I‘d read before & probably not as good. Not AT‘s best work imo.

The narrator was not the right choice for a story about a teenager, he‘s older & at 1.5X sounds like every caricature of Captain Kirk that you can imagine laughing at.

Good summary. Execution of audiobook, meh.

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3.75⭐️

Handry has spent his entire life part of the community of Aro. He‘s helped with hunting, gathering food, building, and anything else the village ghosts say is important. But one day when a childhood antic leads to an accident that forces him to be exiled, Handry learns that the world he once knew and loved is not what it seems and that the history of their society is a bit more interesting than what the ghosts have told mankind. #novella

This short sharp science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky plays a lot with big ideas, some familiar (a colony world that has forgotten its origins) and some original (what happens when manufactured empathy breaks?)

Check this out for a quick thoughtful read set on a strange alien world.

Also Denzel Washington would make a great Sharskin.

#SummerOfShort2 book 4

“It is a great poison, to know you have a destiny and that everything you do is right by default.”

#SummerOfShort2

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Excited to be #starting my 9th book by Adrian Tchaikovsky!

I was musing earlier today about the similarities between A. T. & Brandon Sanderson. While A. T.‘s pacing is not always as on point as Sanderson‘s, they are both masters of world-building & creating complex lovable characters, & both are ridiculously prolific. Tchaikovsky definitely deserves the same kind of following, is what I‘m saying.

Anyways dig that lovely cover. #SummerOfShort2

I liked it because of the originality in world-building, the new take on the post-tech era (if not post-apocalyptic), and ideas of how indigenous people will see tech they don‘t understand. The story is fine despite its simplicity because it has layers discussing well chosen themes e.g. extremism, being human (even if augmented) and the importance of seeing yourself positively defined in the world. And Raphael Lacoste‘s cover is great.

#scifi

1. ‘The Expert System‘s Brother‘ by Tchaikovsky because it may not be what it seems to be...
2. ‘The Essex Serpent‘ by Perry because of the good feel it gave...
3. It must be ‘Figuring‘ by Maria Popova because it‘s hard not to have high expectations - but also the Danish classic ‘Lykke-Per‘ by Pontoppidan that I for some reason never got around to.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain #currentlyreading

Life has been nonstop lately with little time to Litsy, but I did want to share my movie and #bookmail from yesterday.

A new Tchaikovsky novella with an awesome cover!

Characters from My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way‘s weirdo comics imprint Young Animal crossover with the Justice League in Milk Wars!

And the latest film from my favorite living director!