Twelve kinds of taste
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Fiction, Science Fiction, Life on other planets, Habitable planets
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life.
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Epic, plot-driven, bleak and richly built.
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Children of Time (Spoiler Free) | REVIEW
Thoughts on Tomes · Dec 2025
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On Open Library, 116 have read it and 366 want to.
“Er waren geen ramen in de Brin 2-faciliteit - door de rotatie was 'buiten' altijd 'beneden'; onder je voeten, uit je gedachten.”
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.
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