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PublisherPan Macmillan

ISBN-101447273303

ISBN-139781447273301

eBay Product ID (ePID)221642043

Product Key Features

Book TitleChildren of Time

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicScience Fiction / Alien Contact, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General, Science Fiction / Space Exploration

GenreFiction

AuthorAdrian Tchaikovsky

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight14.8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Children of Time has that essence of the classic science fiction novels, that sense of wonder and unfettered imagination but combined with this is the charm of a writer who really knows how to entertain, how to spin a good story. Essential science fiction, a book not to be missed." -- SF Book, "Like a Stephen Baxter novel with an epic sweep of history (see his Evolution , for example), added to a broad cast of a Peter Hamilton Space Opera and the narrative drive of, say, a David Brin or a Greg Bear old style SF novel, Children of Time soon got me hooked." -- SFF World, Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year published in 2015. , Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year published in 2015., "Children of Time has that essence of the classic science fiction novels, that sense of wonder and unfettered imagination but combined with this is the charm of a writer who really knows how to entertain, how to spin a good story. Essential science fiction, a book not to be missed." -- SF Book, "Like a Stephen Baxter novel with an epic sweep of history (see his Evolution , for example), added to a broad cast of a Peter Hamilton Space Opera and the narrative drive of, say, a David Brin or a Greg Bear old style SF novel, Children of Time soon got me hooked." -- SFF World

Dewey Decimal823.92

SynopsisThe 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?, Humanity is overrated. Adrian Tchaikovsky's critically acclaimed Children of Time - an epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel. Who will inherit this new Earth? 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? Continue the journey with Children of Ruin , Children of Memory and Children of Strife . * * * Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky 'Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls 'No one has an an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky' - Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific 'Tchaikovsky is the break-out star of contemporary British SF' - The Guardian Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel w/c 24 August 2016, WINNER OF THE 2016 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 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?, A race for survival among the stars . . . Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.

LC Classification NumberPR6120.C53