Twelve kinds of taste
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English literature, Science fiction
On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did they go?
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Bleak, plot-driven, contemporary and classical in form.
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On Open Library, 6 have read it and 9 want to.
“They say never start a story with a waking, but when you've been hard asleep for thirty years it's difficult to know where else to begin.”
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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