Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Memory

By Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • Release Date: 2023-01-31
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 447 Ratings
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Description

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost.

Then strangers appear. They possess unparalleled knowledge and thrilling technology – and they've arrived from another world to help humanity’s colonies. But not all is as it seems, and the price of the strangers' help may be the colony itself.

Children of Memory by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies.

Reviews

  • Up all night again…!

    5
    By timeappeal
    I can’t put his novels down once I start one. Silly me. I read constantly until I finish. The author’s style and story are rather addictive. I have, of course, read all of the series in order as they’ve come out; however, I thought I’d just catch up while waiting for Children of Strife. Now, after finishing Children of Memory again, I find I am drawn to re-reading the entire set of them from the beginning. As you proceed step by step through these novels, the characters and plots become more real until, as with Miranda, you can’t sort reality from simulation. Does it matter? I hope/dream that this current reality is just an experiment to see how bad things can get before authoritarianism explodes and we return to the real world.

  • A Fascinating Puzzle

    5
    By Icloneking
    After going through the reviews of the series as with increasing polarity I didn’t really look forward to finishing this one. Though after reading it for myself and getting through the beginning scenario setup I found myself thoroughly engaged. It creates a puzzle through the series known entangled narrative that while laborious to work through was immensely enjoyable for me to read. Overall I recommend it if you share a similar mindset on that point. Also loved all the Corvids interactions.

  • A disaster

    1
    By Trumanwasgreat
    Horrific muddle.

  • Awful book

    1
    By oupeggy
    Almost unreadable. Very slow and bad.

  • Such a slog

    1
    By IamLegendJFro
    Children of time and children of ruin are two of my favorite sci-fi books. I’ve been looking forward to this 3rd installment for so long, but it is very confusing, and nowhere near as engaging as the first two books. Im about a third of the way through, hopefully it will vastly improve. Update: About 2/3 of the way through and I have absolutely no idea what is happening. At this point I’m finishing just to get it over with and move on.

  • Unexpectedly profound

    5
    By YetAnotherKate
    I’m still thinking about Children of Memory, a few days afterwards. In its final chapters, the story goes wide on ideas he’d been planting through the whole series, about appreciating sentience, and seeing beyond one’s own species. In each of the earlier books, we watched characters ultimately overcome their assumptions and prejudices, to accept and connect with other cultures quite different from their own. In the last pages of this book, in the guise of story, I was suddenly presented with an opportunity to make a similar leap myself — to reconsider what thinking is, and expand my own definition of culture. Also, great Corvid dialogues.

  • Enjoyable

    3
    By Fit fortysomething
    Did not enjoy the jumping around time, a little jerky, put together nicely in the end.

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