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Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
2015 · Science fiction
How it reads
Children of Time is science fiction (space opera, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in the wilderness or at sea, in the future, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are survival. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. It's a long book, and a real commitment. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want to be sure it ends well
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you want something you can finish this weekend
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- science fiction
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- wilderness or sea
- Setting: time
- future
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- survival
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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