Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
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.
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...
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“
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...
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...
goldsborobooks.com
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
www.amazon.co.uk
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…
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Life imitates Art again - One of the plots in @aptshadow.bsky.social 's excellent Service Model is the AI getting more and more bogged down with long and contradictory to-do lists which it can never help to resolve, but has to keep checking anyway
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*breathes*
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
*breathes*
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Life imitates Art again - One of the plots in @aptshadow.bsky.social 's excellent Service Model is the AI getting more and more bogged down with long and contradictory to-do lists which it can never help to resolve, but has to keep checking anyway
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Throughout the month of February, UK readers can snap up the eBook of @aptshadow.bsky.social 's latest TERRIBLE WORLDS standalone novella THE HUNGRY GODS for just 99p!
Now there's a deal that's just too good to miss!
Buy now 👉 https://amzn.to/49T2TNh
Now there's a deal that's just too good to miss!
Buy now 👉 https://amzn.to/49T2TNh
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Throughout the month of February, UK readers can snap up the eBook of @aptshadow.bsky.social 's latest TERRIBLE WORLDS standalone novella THE HUNGRY GODS for just 99p!
Now there's a deal that's just too good to miss!
Buy now 👉 https://amzn.to/49T2TNh
Now there's a deal that's just too good to miss!
Buy now 👉 https://amzn.to/49T2TNh
A lovely (if somewhat spoilers!) review of Children of Strife (out March) - also includes a rundown of the previous books in brief.
TO was super fortunate to receive an advanced copy of @aptshadow.bsky.social's much anticipated upcoming CHILDREN OF STRIFE:
"This book is an absolute treat and a fitting additional jewel in the crown of the 'Children of' series."
More: tinyurl.com/p5vuzktf
@panmacmillan.bsky.social
"This book is an absolute treat and a fitting additional jewel in the crown of the 'Children of' series."
More: tinyurl.com/p5vuzktf
@panmacmillan.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A lovely (if somewhat spoilers!) review of Children of Strife (out March) - also includes a rundown of the previous books in brief.
Indiegogo currently have an offer on ‘most anticipated books’ including Children of Strife. www.indigo.ca/en-ca/sale/m... - lasts until 8th Feb and it’s 25% off.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Indiegogo currently have an offer on ‘most anticipated books’ including Children of Strife. www.indigo.ca/en-ca/sale/m... - lasts until 8th Feb and it’s 25% off.
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"In these astonishing works, de Bodard takes us somewhere unique. A labyrinthine region of dark imagination unlike anything the genre has seen before. Simultaneously an alternative history and a wholly fantastical landscape"
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
"In these astonishing works, de Bodard takes us somewhere unique. A labyrinthine region of dark imagination unlike anything the genre has seen before. Simultaneously an alternative history and a wholly fantastical landscape"
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
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You know what; here's a story about actual grief involving AIs and simulations of dead people
clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_...
clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_...
February 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM
You know what; here's a story about actual grief involving AIs and simulations of dead people
clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_...
clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_...
New website post: the @goonhammer.com 2025 award results adriantchaikovsky.com
Adrian Tchaikovsky, science fiction and fantasy author
Books, novels, novellas by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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February 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
New website post: the @goonhammer.com 2025 award results adriantchaikovsky.com
I've noticed a microgenre shift in SF over the last year - or possibly just in the books I've come across. Specifically, a bit of a boom in big concept space opera books working in the Banks/Hamilton ideaspace. Meaning SF that simultaneously delivers a strong action storyline against a backdrop
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I've noticed a microgenre shift in SF over the last year - or possibly just in the books I've come across. Specifically, a bit of a boom in big concept space opera books working in the Banks/Hamilton ideaspace. Meaning SF that simultaneously delivers a strong action storyline against a backdrop
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The Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social is currently 99p on Kindle
February 1, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social is currently 99p on Kindle