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Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social
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Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
sebastianpiriz.bsky.social Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 30m
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.

I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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simonbirks.com
Wanna find out more about my upcoming @imagecomics.com / @topcowofficial.bsky.social #lovecraft comic book adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep - find out more below!
Art by @willirobertsart.bsky.social
Letters by @robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Alt cover @lyndondraws.bsky.social
aiptcomics.com AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 19h
Get ready for dread. 😱
@imagecomics.com / @topcowofficial.bsky.social's The Thing on the Doorstep is coming from Simon Birks & Willi Roberts — and we’ve got a preview of this haunting new Lovecraft adaptation.
#horror #comicbooks #preview
👉 Read it here:
Image/Top Cow resurrects a terrifying Lovecraft classic, but with a twist fans won’t see coming
'The Thing on the Doorstep' will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 11, 2026:
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November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This. You can work non-stop and have all the talent and still not see a dime from that effort. It's not a complaint - just a feature of what it means to create art. For most people art is the journey not the eyes that experience it afterwards. This is ok but should also set your expectations.
kierongillen.bsky.social Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 6h
Some close friends to be get a little frustrated in my tendency to priortise luck in my own career, as they know how I work. I try to explain that work just is buying a lottery ticket. It's necessary, but certainly not sufficient. I know many folks who've worked as hard but the dice have been cruel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
aptshadow.bsky.social
So the pinnacle of modern computing is to replicate something we knew in the 1960s only also using all the water and power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
Last night was the inaugural Speakies - uk audiobook awards, for which Bee Speaker was nominated. We didn’t take it but thanks to Gabrielle Nellis-Pain and Rod Hallett my co-narrators for getting us on the shortlist.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Northodox have a sale on now for all of their books, including my fantasy murder mystery The Executioner's Blade. Go grab a copy before it goes out of print in January!
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Blurb 3 image: The cover for the novel The Executioner's Blade by Andrew Knighton. On it, an armoured and grey-haired woman wields a sword in front of a dragon. Next to it is a section of text with blurb quotes from other authors. "A perfect balance of action and character wrapped about a delightfully twisted mystery." - Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time. "A very enjoyable, fast paced read." - Anna Smith-Spark, author of Empires of Dust. “Mature and absorbing epic fantasy, very well worth a look.” – Juliet E. McKenna, author of the Green Man “Flawed yet relatable characters, a corrupt city, and a mystery full of twists and turns. A beautifully thought-out and engagingly written piece of fantasy.” – Charlotte Bond, author of The Fireborne Blade
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
Just amazing art from Ian.
ianmcque.bsky.social Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 1d
Signing giclee prints of the artwork what I did for @aptshadow.bsky.social’s ‘Terrible Worlds’ anthology/the book itself
Artwork for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Terrible Worlds anthology Artwork for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Terrible Worlds anthology Artwork for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Terrible Worlds anthology
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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theunseenlibrary.bsky.social
For this week's Top Ten Tuesday I highlight my most anticipated books coming out in the next 3 months, including reads by @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social @gregghurwitzbooks.bsky.social @mattdinniman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social.
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Top Ten Tuesday – Books on my Summer 2025/26 To Be Read (TBR) List
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that currently resides at The Artsy Reader Girl and features bloggers sharing lists on various book topics. For this week’s Top Ten Tuesday participants have a Than…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
Amazing Chinese cover for House of Open Wounds (I think the interior art is for a different story)
ersatzculture.bsky.social ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 1d
Front cover of SF World Translations Dec 2025, featuring the first part of @aptshadow.bsky.social's House of Open Wounds. I assume the interior art shown on the contents page is also for HoOW.

Source: xerosoul weibo.com/5989953755/5... , xhslink.com/o/4B9McTEdM46

Artist is 景韵文化 (Jingyun Culture).
Front cover of SF World Translations Dec 2025, featuring the first part of Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds. Contents page of SF World Translations Dec 2025, possibly featuring interior art for Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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wetbrokenthings.bsky.social
What's your favourite story where we see tech and science as magic through the point of view of primitive protagonists?

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@aptshadow.bsky.social
Book review – The Hungry Gods
In his novella, The Hungry Gods, Adrian Tchaikovsky writes another of story in his trademark style, set in the future in a world ravaged by environmental disaster. The world has descended back into…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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theunseenlibrary.bsky.social
I also just published a long overdue review of Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. An exceptional and utterly captivating fantasy novel with some brilliantly damaged characters, this was an incredible read that I cannot recommend enough.
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Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Head of Zeus (Audiobook – 5 December 2024) Series: The Tyrant Philosophers – Book Three Length: 21 hours and 39 minutes My Rating: 5 out 5 stars Amazon One of the current top authors of …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
At’The Word for the World’ exhibition of Le Guin’s maps and it includes what reads as a very irate note to her cover artist about how a dragon should look.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
This coming Thursday I am at Waterstones Gower Street talking 10 years of Children of Time with Temi Oh. www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary or the Children of Time - an Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky in conversation with Temi Oh | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrate the 10th Anniversary or the Children of Time - an Evening with Adrian Tchaik...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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laughinglemon.bsky.social
Also available for pre-order from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social .
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
aptshadow.bsky.social
This coming Thursday I am at Waterstones Gower Street talking 10 years of Children of Time with Temi Oh. www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary or the Children of Time - an Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky in conversation with Temi Oh | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrate the 10th Anniversary or the Children of Time - an Evening with Adrian Tchaik...
www.waterstones.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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robwilliams71.bsky.social
“A brilliantly trippy clash of minds that’s as precisely measured as the wraps of illicit powder these two are caning — and resonant enough to recall classic psychological two-handers like Sleuth.”

Evening Standard gives GAME
★ ★ ★ ★

Out in UK cinemas today.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
Slay the spire post: today’s daily is one of those with so much strength gain the end fight feels like bullying.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
aptshadow.bsky.social
People kickstarting Christmas-themed games always boggles me. I hope the people backing feel appropriately festive when they deliver in April 2027 or something.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
Went to Thought Bubble over the weekend and have been reading up a storm with new graphic novels this week. Some particular notables I picked up:
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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ithilestante.bsky.social
🪐Children of Strife 🪐 Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social
The only spiders I would like in my bookshelf are these ones. Problem is, then I become emotionally attached to them but hey ho, I'm looking forward to Kern's rivals 💜
Publishes March 2026
#Gifted by
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
I invite people to imagine how many times I mis-spelled ‘serendipitous’ during the writing of this book.
rosgakori.bsky.social Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 6d
One of the many great bits in @aptshadow.bsky.social's Stterseer's Ruin is that the Seraphon temple-ships have names that go very hard; Wings of Serendipitous Fire, and Celestial Eye of Tepok.
mikebrooks668.bsky.social Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 6d
Coming up with appropriately pretentious ship names for the Aeldari was one of the most fun things about writing this.
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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rachaelsmith.bsky.social
The NAP COMIX Kickstarter closes TOMORROW so if you've been thinking about pre-ordering my new book please do it soon!

It includes the 1st year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.

Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks

Thank you! (& please share!)
A list of reward tiers from the NAP COMIX Kickstarter DIGITAL - £7, PHYSICAL - £13, SIGNED & SKETCHED IN - £20 What's in the book? 200 pages of wonder, sleep deprivation, heartbreak, joy, surviving and thriving. A 5-panel comic. Panel 1) The 4am feed with Henry can feel very lonely. Panel 2) I try to think of others that are also awake at that time like...nocturnal animals? Panel 3) Students studying for a test? Panel 4) And of course, people doing the same thing as me. Panel 5) When I think about them, I feel much less alone. A 2-panel comic. Panel 1) Caption: A few months ago. Henry is stroking Rachael's face. Rachael: Aaaaa Rob, he's stroking my face! Rob: (off-screen) Aw! Panel 2) Caption: Now. Henry is pulling Rachael's face in very uncomfortable-looking ways. Rachael looks non-plussed.
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Another excerpt from Children Of Memory by @aptshadow.bsky.social.

I'm really close to the end now, and I'm going to have a lot to say about this series then, but for now I just want to say that Tchaikovsky is an expert at the raw art of putting words in order to craft a sentence.
That's because you lack perspective. Think of it as a proof of concept. Because [highlight start] the real problem with a knowledge-based economy is knowing that, no matter how hard you try, most of the information in the universe has already dissolved into entropy before you even evolved. [Highlight end] So much is lost that we will never know. Societies rise and fall, and everything ends. Even the protracted sojourn our own long-lived culture enjoys can't last forever. But right here, we have a time capsule that has preserved information from who knows how many earlier ages. And it runs experiments with them, creating living, four-dimensional worlds based on the cards it was dealt at the start, and the way the deck was stacked. A machine to cheat time and fate.
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
aptshadow.bsky.social
A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
Patreon is currenlty a large income source as I try to get this whole "writing regularly" thing off the ground
(had mental health crisis in family, now slowly digging myself out. With my fingernails hahhaha sob)
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM