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‘If it was Narnia, it was a Narnia where the White Witch had won. Always winter, forever and forever, in a world that had died a hundred million years before lions might have evolved.’I’ve heard it said that Adrian Tchaikovsky is an incredible writer. I’ve heard The Doors of Eden hailed on Goodreads as ‘an extraordinary feat of the imagination’. Well, I’m here to say I wholeheartedly agree.This is a multiple of firsts for me, as not only was this my first novel by Tchaikovsky, but this was also
Adrian Tchaikovsky has always been one of my "must read" authors. Part of the reason why is that he is so incredibly adept at creating magnificent and compelling stories across multiple genres. Over the years he has written some excellent science-fiction, space opera, as well as epic fantasy. If you get a chance to check out some of his previous works, you will see exactly what I'm talking about.I had no idea that Adrian had a brand new book coming out this Spring (May 28th to be precise) until
...🖤In my wildest moments, I did not, never ever contemplate Tchaikovsky could write a book as shitty as this. I don't know if it's some weird proud thing for some scifi writers to write a book that only serious science people can maybe appreciate but this whole "book" belonged in a science publication. Dude wasn't even trying to make an engaging plot and God forbid he took time out to write characters that would even try to be engaging.2 lesbian saving the world? Please. Do authors just put in
“How many times can you watch the world end, after all, even if it’s not your world?” It’s only natural - and very conceitedly tempting - to think of humanity as if not the pinnacle of evolution then at least the inevitable and logical result of its natural progression. From the unicellular organisms deciding that strength is in numbers to the ill-fated trilobites of the Cambrian explosion, to Devonian Age of Fishes, to the devastation of the Great Dying of the Permian extinction, to the ill
Re-read 5/15/21:Still love it! :) It's just as good the second time as the first.And you know what? It's VERY good for the imagination. For us, as readers, to think through the implications and dream and dream about what all those others that might/could/should become a vast side-series.You now, like Farscape on steroids. *sigh*I WANT more of this book. I don't know how it'd be pulled off, but I still WANT more and more and more. :) Original Review:I just read one of my new favorites not just fo...
I've been told, by a mostly reliable source, that as long as your ending is satisfying, you just can't complain too much. As much as my instinct is to argue, I've mulled it over and find myself unable to substantially disagree. Perhaps it all comes down to preferences: is it the lure of a story that arouses emotion through admiration and joy, or one that uses the frisson of aggravation as a road to pleasure? The Doors of Eden most definitely chose frustration as it followed a group of mostly exa...
Netgalley.Bullet points:* Tchaikovsky is a “will read anything” author for me. * This has parallel worlds and is mostly science fiction. * Lots of evolutionary biology. If evolutionary speculation and analysis of how life on our world could have evolved differently isn’t your jam, this probably isn’t for you.* If you always wanted to know what the world could look like if there were more lemurs or giant centipedes, this is for you.* lesbians, trans characters and more diversity.* Possibly a bit
Terrific. Parallel worlds SF based on "what if intelligent life had evolved at earlier points in the world's history" which plays about with how it would look in the case of, you know, mats of plankton, or squiddy things in an endless ice age, and so on. I've been doing a bit of non fiction reading about the various eras of the world which made this hugely enjoyable. The characters are interesting and engaging (and, not unrelated, majority female, some queer/trans, not all white), and the plot s...
“The Doors of Eden”Book by Adrian Tchaikovsky@macmillan 2020⠀Do you believe in God? In aliens? In parallel universe?⠀Do you want to have that experience?Imaginary walk with dinosaurs?Words creation or apocalypse experience?⠀You can!⠀For a day or two, while enjoying this fabulous book!⠀Sometimes you are loosing the feeling of reality, and starting to guess:is this still reality or author’s imagination?⠀Great reading experience full of new thoughts and ideas!⠀Quote:⠀“You’are quiet, now, subdued by...
While cryptid hunting on Bodwin Moor, young friends and lovers Mal and Lee get separated after an encounter where three standing stones become six and midsummer Cornwall suddenly becomes a much colder scarier place. Mal goes missing, presumably wherever the cold other three stones are and with the monstrous inhabitants of that place. Lee manages to go on with her life until four years later, out of the blue, she gets a call from Mal who has some strange new friends.MI5 analyst Julian Sabreur and...
* I received this free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review *This was a book I was really looking forward to as soon as I heard that Adrian Tchaikovsky had written a new SF novel (a.k.a doorstop) and after I had the privilege to hear him and Christopher Paolini discussing their new novels and the research and ideas that went into them. The book did not disappoint, and I ended up doing a combination of reading and also audiobooking it. The story is a big one, but it starts off fair...
THIS. WAS. GLORIOUS! SO DAMN GLORIOUS!I'll need some time with my English dictionary to get a decent review together. This is definitely one of those books where I wished I could have a category above 5 stars, for the really outstanding, mindboggling works I've read.
