Children of Time

de Adrian Tchaikovsky

First U.S. trade paperback edition, 640 pages

Langue : English

Publié 10 décembre 2018 par Orbit.

ISBN :: 978-0-316-45250-2

(9 critiques)

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age--a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

3 éditions

Pretty Greene Leaves 🌿 a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

A book about loving the unloved

5 étoiles

This book is more Star Trek than Star Trek. It embodies the ideals of infinite diversity in infinite combinations in a way that struck me to my heart. It stretches our minds to consider the most alien and for many people the most feared animals as having the capacity to be people, with just a little help. In all of his work, Adrian Tchaikovsky is a bull in the china shop of our delicate distinctions and artificial barriers between "thing" and "not thing".

Sam a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Good ending, didn't care for the human portions

3 étoiles

Avertissement sur le contenu Discussion of the ending

For most of this book I didn't expect to continue with the rest of the series. I very much enjoyed the spider scenes and seeing their culture, values, and technology evolve over time, but I didn't much care for any of the human scenes until right at the end.

One aspect that I particularly liked is that, ironically, the spiders are effectively Humanist at the end while the humans take on the place of the un-evolved animals who think of the spiders in a predator/prey relationship. The spiders then turn the tables and uplift the humans in the same way (and using the same mechanism) that the humans originally uplifted their civilization (except by bootstrapping empathy instead of sentience). It brought the whole thing to a nice conclusion in a circular way and made me decide to try the second book as well.

Michael Haider a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

A Pleasant Surprise

5 étoiles

What a great book. I'm so happy I went back to it, and I'm looking forward to starting the second book in the trilogy, probably in the new year.

I would highly recommend this to any and all sci fi fans.

WagesOf a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Fresh

4 étoiles

Avertissement sur le contenu too many legs

What a cool ride. I did not expect to have the giant spiders to end up as the bosses at the end!

Kenobit a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Fantascienza e... ragni

5 étoiles

Una storia di scienza e tecnologia da una prospettiva completamente inaspettata. Un ragionamento molto interessante sul linguaggio e sulla terraformazione.

peoplelikedogs a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky

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5 étoiles

This was extremely good. Dunno why it took me a really long time to read... i kinda stalled out really hard halfway through but I suspect it was unrelated to the book itself and more just me. The end was really fun. I wasn't planning to read the sequel but I think I will now?

vampyr from outer space a publié une critique de Children of Time par Adrian Tchaikovsky

Kinder der Zeit

3 étoiles

Schwer zu bewerten. Es gibt zwei parallele Handlungen von denen die Eine - die Menschen - gar nichts taugt. Derartiges gab's schon zig mal in den letzten 60 Jahren Sci-Fi - und davon viele auch deutlich durchdachter. Bleibt die Geschichte der Spinnen - Im Großen und Ganzen auch recht vorhersehbar, aber es gibt da einen Aspekt der wieder für Vieles entschädigt: Die Spinnen-Technologie.

joachim

l’a noté

23 novembre 2018

uhhuhthem

l’a noté

12 novembre 2017