Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
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We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
For those who haven't come across the Terrible Worlds series - these are standalone novellas, entirely separate to one another in setting and plot, but loosely grouped in conceptual trios...
Next year, a new TERRIBLE WORLDS novella is coming your way from @aptshadow.bsky.social !
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For those who haven't come across the Terrible Worlds series - these are standalone novellas, entirely separate to one another in setting and plot, but loosely grouped in conceptual trios...
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Next year, a new TERRIBLE WORLDS novella is coming your way from @aptshadow.bsky.social !
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Next year, a new TERRIBLE WORLDS novella is coming your way from @aptshadow.bsky.social !
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc
And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
Least favourite film tropes.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Least favourite film tropes.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
This year’s Warhammer Christmas goblin and tin man, plus some previous offerings. Always fun to paint.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This year’s Warhammer Christmas goblin and tin man, plus some previous offerings. Always fun to paint.
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It's a Waterstones Plus Stamps weekend again, so here's a selection of our SciFi titles to *help* you fill your basket! Remember, preorders count too!
Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @neuvel.net @lavanya.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social & more!
Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @neuvel.net @lavanya.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social & more!
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's a Waterstones Plus Stamps weekend again, so here's a selection of our SciFi titles to *help* you fill your basket! Remember, preorders count too!
Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @neuvel.net @lavanya.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social & more!
Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @neuvel.net @lavanya.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social & more!
I’ve had my copy of this through as well and it’s an astonishing work of art.
This, by @ianmcque.bsky.social and @rossignol.bsky.social, is one of the most beautiful things I own. It’s infuriatingly good.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I’ve had my copy of this through as well and it’s an astonishing work of art.
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Lovelies, the Starship Alexandria advent calendar starts on Monday. You'll get a short daily episode from @aptshadow.bsky.social and I, which I hope will brighten these dark days for you. You can catch up on previous episodes here 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...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lovelies, the Starship Alexandria advent calendar starts on Monday. You'll get a short daily episode from @aptshadow.bsky.social and I, which I hope will brighten these dark days for you. You can catch up on previous episodes here starshipalexandria.com
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This #NationalIllustrationDay, we'd particularly like to thank our in-house designers Sam Gretton and @petitecreme.bsky.social / Gem Sheldrake.
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This #NationalIllustrationDay, we'd particularly like to thank our in-house designers Sam Gretton and @petitecreme.bsky.social / Gem Sheldrake.
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
Rather neat line from the WIP: “Nothing can love like the dead, shorn of the distraction of the physical.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Rather neat line from the WIP: “Nothing can love like the dead, shorn of the distraction of the physical.”
Being bitten by a radioactive spider is always a bit of a gamble tbh.
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Being bitten by a radioactive spider is always a bit of a gamble tbh.
Lovely review of Starseer’s Ruin, my new Warhammer book.
Hey - it's been a while! But Book Report is back. Today, let's talk about Adrian Tchaikovsky's Starseer's Ruin, for it is how Good Purpose will be achieved.
| Good Purpose will be achieved - Starseer's Ruin Book Report.
#nerdlings #aos
| Good Purpose will be achieved - Starseer's Ruin Book Report.
#nerdlings #aos
Good Purpose will be achieved — Starseer’s Ruin Book Report
It’s been a while, huh?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lovely review of Starseer’s Ruin, my new Warhammer book.
Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
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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
Art by @willirobertsart.bsky.social
Letters by @robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Alt cover @lyndondraws.bsky.social
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:
@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
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
Art by @willirobertsart.bsky.social
Letters by @robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Alt cover @lyndondraws.bsky.social
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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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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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...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Just amazing art from Ian.
Signing giclee prints of the artwork what I did for @aptshadow.bsky.social’s ‘Terrible Worlds’ anthology/the book itself
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just amazing art from Ian.
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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
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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Amazing Chinese cover for House of Open Wounds (I think the interior art is for a different story)
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).
Source: xerosoul weibo.com/5989953755/5... , xhslink.com/o/4B9McTEdM46
Artist is 景韵文化 (Jingyun Culture).
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Amazing Chinese cover for House of Open Wounds (I think the interior art is for a different story)
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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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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
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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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
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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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
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.