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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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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 2h

It just ate a whole Kermit. Only the hand protrudes.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 3h

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 9h

Episode 7 of Starship Alexandria goes live tomorrow. We discuss The Ministry of The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. The end blooper is one of my favourites, mostly because making @aptshadow.bsky.social dissolve into giggles with the opening line of the show made me so happy! starshipalexandria.com

Starship Alexandria

The Sci-fi and Fantasy podcast from the best of futures! In this future, humanity has solved its problems and is now sending spaceships from Earth, not in a desperate attempt to escape the apocalypse...

starshipalexandria.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 9h

At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...

A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 3h

Ah, brilliant, should see if I can make the time.

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 3h

Awesome!

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 6h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 4h

In case you haven't seen it, this is a fantastic comic!
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Archaic | Ahoy Comics

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Civilian Reader @civilianreader.com · 7h

Upcoming: CHILDREN OF STRIFE and GREEN CITY WARS by @aptshadow.bsky.social

civilianreader.com/2025/10/08/u...

Really looking forward to both of these - due to be pub'd by @torbooks.bsky.social @torbooksuk.bsky.social & @orbitbooks.bsky.social.

Upcoming: CHILDREN OF STRIFE and GREEN CITY WARS by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky has to be one of the hardest-working authors in SFF. Not only that, his novels are consistently excellent and varied — he writes across seemingly all speculative genres, of…

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 9h

A cat will complain until you give it a corpse then refuse to eat it.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 10h

The Only Way Is Urrgh

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 12h

I think city of last chances would be a good match thematically

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 23h

Will this be open to outsiders to attend?

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

I'd wait for the paperback release honestly.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Oktobersketch week 2 - a matter of honour amongst the 12th Dragoons.

A duel scene: an otter and chameleon face off against each other, seconded by a badger and a puffin, all in 18th century uniform. A mantis reverend, trilobite doctor and a uniformed pangolin watch on.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

For cabbage read shredded orks.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Some are US first - generally these sort of things are usually for a particular outlet like Goldsboro or the US-based Subterranean .

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

I think 2.5 hrs and my signature varies so wildly that I’ve so far dodged the ‘repetitive’ part of RSI.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Nosfer-A-Toes.

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Nosfer-A-Toes.

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

A stack of ‘Lives of Bitter Rain’ special editions I signed for Goldsboro Books yesterday.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Nosoupforpotato?

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Lethality is second only to terminal as a sign of doom, yeah. Although there's an elusive Defect build with frozen core and the thing that keeps giving you orb slots which makes either trivial.