Books by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky is the multi-award winning writer of fantasy and sci fi works including the Shadows of the Apt and Children of Time series.
“I’m not sure I see Charles as rebellious – it’s just obeying its programming. (Have you read The Good Soldier Švejk where the main character keeps getting into trouble for obeying orders?) Charles is a robot valet, whose master has died, in fact Charles may have murdered him. H’mm, I guess that’s rebellious!” Read more...
The Best Science Fiction Books of 2025
Andrew M. Butler, Film Critics & Scholar
“Cage of Souls uses the ‘dying Earth’ trope: we are in the final city on Earth, during what we might term as a slow apocalypse. Everything is dying, everything is running down. There’s still a lot of technology that we would all consider hugely advanced, but he doesn’t explain how any of it works; in fact, the characters don’t know, and that sense of decline is what informs the book. Humanity is dying out. The rest of the planet, however, may not be, not just yet anyhow.” Read more...
The Best Science Fiction of 2020
Tom Hunter, Journalist
Interviews with Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Best Hard Science Fiction Books, recommended by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Hard science fiction books build fantastical worlds underpinned by rigorous science. This constraint actually provokes originality, explains multi-award winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. He talks us through his five favourites, and shows how every sci-fi story exploring science must also explore politics, philosophy and humanity.
Interviews where books by Adrian Tchaikovsky were recommended
The Best Science Fiction of 2020, recommended by Tom Hunter
Sci fi is booming, says Tom Hunter, the director of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction, as he discusses their 2020 shortlist: six novels that embrace classic sci fi narratives, while subverting or reimagining them for a contemporary audience.
The Best Science Fiction Books of 2025, recommended by Andrew M. Butler
The Arthur C Clarke award highlights six outstanding science fiction books every year. The judges look for books that reward re-reading and make them think, says chair of judges Andrew M. Butler. He introduces this year’s shortlist, taking in everything from time travel to heist novels: books that provoke questions, confront crises, and make us laugh.
The Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Novels, as Chosen by Fans: the 2026 Hugo Awards, recommended by Sylvia Bishop
Every year, members of the World Science Fiction Society vote on the best novel of the year across fantasy and science fiction. We asked our fantasy and sci fi editor Sylvia Bishop to give us a round-up of the 2026 finalists. This year’s list features award-winning names, and spans the breadth of the genre: from murder mysteries to literary fiction, from medieval knights to alien contact – this is a year of variety.
