#RRSciFiMonth Waiting on Wednesday 11/21/18
Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that first originated at Breaking the Spine but has since linked up with “Can’t Wait Wednesday” at Wishful Endings now that the original creator is unable to host it anymore. Either way, this fun feature is a chance to showcase the upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (May 14, 2019 by Orbit)
Last year I had the pleasure of reading my first Adrian Tchaikovsky novel, Children of Time, and mere words cannot describe how much I loved it. As a life sciences geek, I often find myself drawn to works centered around organic technology and synthetic biology, or “biopunk”, and that book was probably one of the smartest, most remarkable and innovative science fiction novels I’ve read in years. I was thrilled when I learned there would be a sequel, described as a powerful follow-up to the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
“The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Long ago, Earth’s terraforming program sent ships out to build new homes for humanity among the stars and made an unexpected discovery: a planet with life. But the scientists were unaware that the alien ecosystem was more developed than the primitive life forms originally discovered.
Now, thousands of years later, the Portiids and their humans have sent an exploration vessel following fragmentary radio signals. They discover a system in crisis, warring factions trying to recover from an apocalyptic catastrophe arising from what the early terraformers awoke all those years before.”
The BiblioSanctum 
That’s a new to me one! Hope you enjoy it once you get to read it!
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I’m horrible . . . so many Tchaikovsky books on my shelf, and I’ve yet to get to any of them. Maybe in time for this, we’ll see.
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Honestly, I need to read more by him too.
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Very cool, I remember reading your review and how much you loved the first book. I have some catching up to do!
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Children of Time was so good! I’m reading another one of his books now.
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And a great reminder to read the first book – I need to catch up *wonder if I can squish No.1 into this scifi month*?????
Lynn 😀
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Maybe! It’s on the long side, but it was such an addictive read. Good luck!
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Just checked it out on GR – 600 pages – so, no squishing to be done there then!
Lynn 😀
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Big books scare me now! *giggles* I have used this month to grab a few SF series and books to add to the expanding tbr though…
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Oh sci-fi one with space
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I hope this sequel will live up to your expectations!!!
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I like biopunk too, and I’m not sure why I haven’t read this author yet! Clearly I need to!
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Biopunk is an interesting subgenre, I’ve been trying to find more!
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I have to admit, I’m hesitant about reading this one. I thought Children of Time was very well done and I was extremely happy with it being a standalone. So while I don’t doubt Tchaikovsky’s skill, I am disappointed that he didn’t do another standalone…
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Yeah, I thought it ended in a good place. I was actually trying to see if this one was a stand alone sequel. If it is set in the same world, but is an entirely new story on its own, that would be pretty cool.
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If that was the case, it would make me feel a LOT better about diving into it at some point.
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I really need to try a Adrian Tchaikovsky book someday. All I hear is great things about his work and I need to try at least one of them. Children of Time sounds like a great one to start with. 😮
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He’s definitely worth it. I only read him for the first time last year, with Children of Time, and it’s one of my favorite sci-fi reads of all time.
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Enjoyed the review. Book sounds interesting.
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Hi have not read any Adrian Tchaikovsky yet! I’m honestly not sure I’d be much a huge fan but this one sounds interesting so I may have to give it a try. 🙂
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More spiders!!!!
Oh my, I cant’ believe I’m writing this and meaning it too… 😀
But I enjoyed Children of Time so much that I more than look forward to reading this one…
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