Tag: Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Service Model

And really, Master did so little when alive that being dead should barely make a ripple in his schedule… Adrian Tchaikovsky has two books nominated in the Hugo’s Best Novel category this year, and his second book is about as different from the first as you can get. Service Model is an epic quest for

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Alien Clay

And that’s it. We’re down. I look up into an alien sky. Adrian Tchaikovsky’s stories have made multiple appearances at Pixelated Geek, and this year he has two books nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel (Jeez, Adrian, save some for the rest of the class.) For this book we return to a favorite

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Ogres

They’ve always been there, your Masters the ogres. The start of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Hugo-nominated novella has all the makings of a Robin Hood-style adventure. The beloved but mischievous son of the village headman befriends the merry band of outlaws who live in the woods (away from the control of the wealthy Landlords) and who dream

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Elder Race

On its surface, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Hugo-nominated novella Elder Race sounds like a standard coming-of-age fantasy-adventure. Lynesse Fourth Daughter is the only person in her mother’s court who still believes in the old stories, and the only one who doesn’t want to just wait out the strange demon infestation in the Ordwood and hope it goes

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