Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2015
Lindy Score
11 yrs
Age
3
Endorsers
Why it endured
Uplifted spiders evolve civilization over millennia while the last remnants of humanity search for a new home. One of the most ambitious first contact novels ever written.
What they're saying
3 people recommend this book
“Interesting premise on a very high level - follows an alien civilization "booting up" from scratch, intertwined with the shenanigans of a rebooted spacefaring human civilization. Enjoyed the idea of the "classicist". Severe lack of technical bits and pieces, making it overall a quite "soft" sci-fi. A little too long, could probably be compressed by 5X of more. The attempt at world building is valiant, but ultimately quite shallow and not very believable. 2/5”
“It's just very interesting. It really made me look differently on, how we value species; I look at the humanity in the future, but overall it was just a fun space adventure. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was it was fun from the beginning to the end.”
“Exceptional. Humanity attempts to terraform a planet using genetically accelerated primates, but the plan spectacularly fails. If you're drawn to far-future concepts and exploring where humanity might end up, this hits perfectly. The narrative alternates between two storylines each chapter, creating an interesting rhythm.”
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