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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This month's Starship Alexandria is up, ICYMI earlier. @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark, and for our patrons-only episode we discuss The Coral Bones by EJ Swift. starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This month's Starship Alexandria is up, ICYMI earlier. @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark, and for our patrons-only episode we discuss The Coral Bones by EJ Swift. starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
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For this month's patrons-only episode, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss The Coral Bones by EJ Swift, recommended to us by one of our lovely patrons.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
For this month's patrons-only episode, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss The Coral Bones by EJ Swift, recommended to us by one of our lovely patrons.
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We’re deep into recent genre writing this month on the podcast. Regular episode is @annasmithspark.bsky.social ‘s Sword of Bronze and Ashes and for our patrons we discuss EJ Swift’s The Coral Bones.
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 10 - A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
For our February 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark for Emma to consider. Other talking points: ...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
We’re deep into recent genre writing this month on the podcast. Regular episode is @annasmithspark.bsky.social ‘s Sword of Bronze and Ashes and for our patrons we discuss EJ Swift’s The Coral Bones.
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Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
We’re deep into recent genre writing this month on the podcast. Regular episode is @annasmithspark.bsky.social ‘s Sword of Bronze and Ashes and for our patrons we discuss EJ Swift’s The Coral Bones.
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 10 - A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
For our February 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark for Emma to consider. Other talking points: ...
starshipalexandria.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
We’re deep into recent genre writing this month on the podcast. Regular episode is @annasmithspark.bsky.social ‘s Sword of Bronze and Ashes and for our patrons we discuss EJ Swift’s The Coral Bones.
Reposted by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 10 - A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
For our February 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark for Emma to consider. Other talking points: ...
starshipalexandria.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
"This was the year Archie looked in the mirror and knew he was never going to be superb."
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"This was the year Archie looked in the mirror and knew he was never going to be superb."
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#DEAL ALERT! One clickers untie because this is a rare Kindle UK #sale alert from me - SHROUD @aptshadow.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle UK for a limited time only!
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Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner
An expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#DEAL ALERT! One clickers untie because this is a rare Kindle UK #sale alert from me - SHROUD @aptshadow.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle UK for a limited time only!
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#Shroud #ad
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For the love of God, Montresor!
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
For the love of God, Montresor!
Worth saying: surprisingly few book covers actually reflect specifics from the book. It’s a tribute to Joe’s art and the HoZ briefing team that these covers are so striking and also every little detail relates to the book’s contents.
The covers for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Tyrant Philosophers series are maybe the best in the business right now.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Worth saying: surprisingly few book covers actually reflect specifics from the book. It’s a tribute to Joe’s art and the HoZ briefing team that these covers are so striking and also every little detail relates to the book’s contents.
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This lovely thing arrived this morning.
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
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SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This lovely thing arrived this morning.
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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The covers for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Tyrant Philosophers series are maybe the best in the business right now.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The covers for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Tyrant Philosophers series are maybe the best in the business right now.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Love this shoe shop logo though I think it would give serious dipterists conniptions.
February 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Love this shoe shop logo though I think it would give serious dipterists conniptions.
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In case it helps someone else:
They are still available but Goldsboro is weird about it and hides them, even when searching for „Adrian Tchaikovsky“
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They are still available but Goldsboro is weird about it and hides them, even when searching for „Adrian Tchaikovsky“
goldsborobooks.com/products/pre...
Pretenders to the Throne of God
Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller returns to a world steeped in magic - and the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason, logic and 'perfection' to it.As the Palleseen's campaig...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In case it helps someone else:
They are still available but Goldsboro is weird about it and hides them, even when searching for „Adrian Tchaikovsky“
goldsborobooks.com/products/pre...
They are still available but Goldsboro is weird about it and hides them, even when searching for „Adrian Tchaikovsky“
goldsborobooks.com/products/pre...
DPD email: ‘we’re expecting your parcel.’ No suggestion from whom, or when, or indeed any other info than there may be a parcel at some point in the future. Like the worst fortune teller in the world. Like telling Caesar ‘beware some random date for no reason!’
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
DPD email: ‘we’re expecting your parcel.’ No suggestion from whom, or when, or indeed any other info than there may be a parcel at some point in the future. Like the worst fortune teller in the world. Like telling Caesar ‘beware some random date for no reason!’
Just signed a few Goldsboro special editions of Pretenders to the Throne of God (Tyrant Philosophers book 4)
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Just signed a few Goldsboro special editions of Pretenders to the Throne of God (Tyrant Philosophers book 4)
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Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
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Time for another giveaway! One lucky reader will win a copy of our signed limited edition of @aptshadow.bsky.social's ALIEN CLAY! To enter, tell us your favorite alien world (and Dune is not allowed as an answer--too easy!). Int'l, ends 2/11 at noon ET.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Time for another giveaway! One lucky reader will win a copy of our signed limited edition of @aptshadow.bsky.social's ALIEN CLAY! To enter, tell us your favorite alien world (and Dune is not allowed as an answer--too easy!). Int'l, ends 2/11 at noon ET.
I'm talking with Gareth in Cardiff as part of the Children of Strife release tour (full details here adriantchaikovsky.com/events.html)
February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I'm talking with Gareth in Cardiff as part of the Children of Strife release tour (full details here adriantchaikovsky.com/events.html)
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I got sent an early copy of Children of Strife by my good friend @aptshadow.bsky.social to read in advance of our talk at Waterstones Cardiff on Sunday 29th March. Details and tickets available via the events page on the @waterstones.bsky.social website.
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I got sent an early copy of Children of Strife by my good friend @aptshadow.bsky.social to read in advance of our talk at Waterstones Cardiff on Sunday 29th March. Details and tickets available via the events page on the @waterstones.bsky.social website.
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The True Stories Behind The Photographs In The Habitat Catalogues Of The 1970s: www.tom-cox.com/the-true-sto...
The True Stories Behind The Photographs In The Habitat Catalogues Of The 1970s
This is a piece I wrote a while ago but I wanted to make it free to read again. I wrote it during the very early stages of planning for my novel 1983 when a memory popped up of wandering around the No...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The True Stories Behind The Photographs In The Habitat Catalogues Of The 1970s: www.tom-cox.com/the-true-sto...
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BTW there are also a couple of other Kindle deals today on @aptshadow.bsky.social books - The Hungry Gods and Human Resources.
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
BTW there are also a couple of other Kindle deals today on @aptshadow.bsky.social books - The Hungry Gods and Human Resources.
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If you do Kindle (other ebook readers are available) then Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social is 99p currently. It's a thrilling tale of survival on an alien planet with some properly compelling "alien" aliens. Definitely one of my favourite books I've read so far this year.
Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner eBook : Tchaikovsky, Adrian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner eBook : Tchaikovsky, Adrian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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February 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
If you do Kindle (other ebook readers are available) then Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social is 99p currently. It's a thrilling tale of survival on an alien planet with some properly compelling "alien" aliens. Definitely one of my favourite books I've read so far this year.
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Had a fantastic time with CITY OF LAST CHANCES, by
@aptshadow.bsky.social. This fantasy ranges across the titular city, reminding me of Les Mis (at least how I imagine it). Loved how the city itself is the protagonist.
If you're looking for a great read to sink into, grab a copy! #Reading #BookSky
@aptshadow.bsky.social. This fantasy ranges across the titular city, reminding me of Les Mis (at least how I imagine it). Loved how the city itself is the protagonist.
If you're looking for a great read to sink into, grab a copy! #Reading #BookSky
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Had a fantastic time with CITY OF LAST CHANCES, by
@aptshadow.bsky.social. This fantasy ranges across the titular city, reminding me of Les Mis (at least how I imagine it). Loved how the city itself is the protagonist.
If you're looking for a great read to sink into, grab a copy! #Reading #BookSky
@aptshadow.bsky.social. This fantasy ranges across the titular city, reminding me of Les Mis (at least how I imagine it). Loved how the city itself is the protagonist.
If you're looking for a great read to sink into, grab a copy! #Reading #BookSky
New paint! My first Horus Heresy stuff. Mostly it hasn’t interested me because space marines are space marines but these guys…
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
New paint! My first Horus Heresy stuff. Mostly it hasn’t interested me because space marines are space marines but these guys…