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Adrian Tchaikovsky

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.

Biography from Open Library, CC BY-SA

The Stacks

The Book

The one title the catalogue holds so far.

Children of Time
2015
8.3out of 10from 4 ratings

In the Margins

What Readers Said

The most recent reviews of Adrian Tchaikovsky's books, newest first.

Children of Time reviewed by @sam
8 out of 10
Spiders. Then more spiders. Weirdly moved. Eight.
Children of Time@sam7 Aug 2026
Children of Time reviewed by @hollowknightfan99
9 out of 10
SPIDERS. and I do not even like spiders
Children of Time@hollowknightfan9916 May 2026
Children of Time reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr
7 out of 10
It's spiders! Nobody warned me it was spiders! I've come round to the spiders (I love them now, obviously) but the human chapters dragged and I definitely skimmed one.
Children of Time@tinyapartmentbigtbr28 Apr 2026

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