Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
This feels like what I'd come up with if Marvel asked me to redo that old plot where there's a Soviet era supervillain that's been imprisoned since before the end of the Cold War, who escapes and fights Captain America.
December 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This feels like what I'd come up with if Marvel asked me to redo that old plot where there's a Soviet era supervillain that's been imprisoned since before the end of the Cold War, who escapes and fights Captain America.
OK, more recommendations. This time, quick fire podcast recs! (And obviously, yes, Starship Alexandria and Emma's own Tea and Sanctuary are a given :) ) But here are some others I've been listening to this year that are a lot of fun. starshipalexandria.com teaandsanctuary.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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December 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
OK, more recommendations. This time, quick fire podcast recs! (And obviously, yes, Starship Alexandria and Emma's own Tea and Sanctuary are a given :) ) But here are some others I've been listening to this year that are a lot of fun. starshipalexandria.com teaandsanctuary.com
The very final adventicle! A message and some news from Emma and myself, and a look behind the scenes at the utter chaos of making the podcast.
I hope you are all having a rest today (or will be able to soon). ICYMI, yesterday's last Starship Alexandria advent calendar episode is here starshipalexandria.com/day-25-2025-...
Featuring an announcement, a gift, and lots of bloopers from when @aptshadow.bsky.social and I have messed up!
Featuring an announcement, a gift, and lots of bloopers from when @aptshadow.bsky.social and I have messed up!
Starship Alexandria: Day 25 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Merry Christmas! This is the twenty-fifth, and final, episode of the 2025 advent calendar. We share some news, a gift and something that will hopefully make you laugh! If you'd like to support the sho...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The very final adventicle! A message and some news from Emma and myself, and a look behind the scenes at the utter chaos of making the podcast.
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Happy Christmas. My gift to you is my on going free webcomic Terran omega. Sci-fi! Ghosts! A mystery! And some kids all alone! Read it here www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=bs&campaign=xmas
Welcome to Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War | PJ Holden
Get more from PJ Holden on Patreon
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December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Happy Christmas. My gift to you is my on going free webcomic Terran omega. Sci-fi! Ghosts! A mystery! And some kids all alone! Read it here www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=bs&campaign=xmas
Recommendations for a couple of exceptional books I've read recently. For novels, Qntm's There Is No Antimemetics Division is a stone cold cosmic horror classic about a department trying to combat anomalous beings whose very nature makes them
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Recommendations for a couple of exceptional books I've read recently. For novels, Qntm's There Is No Antimemetics Division is a stone cold cosmic horror classic about a department trying to combat anomalous beings whose very nature makes them
I think o have this covered now thank you
Actually if someone has a nice atmospheric shot of flooded modern city ruins / a subway especially that would also serve.
Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I think o have this covered now thank you
Actually if someone has a nice atmospheric shot of flooded modern city ruins / a subway especially that would also serve.
Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Any artists out there got an available (non AI) picture of what could be a bioengineered seal/aquatic human?
December 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Actually if someone has a nice atmospheric shot of flooded modern city ruins / a subway especially that would also serve.
Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Any artists out there got an available (non AI) picture of what could be a bioengineered seal/aquatic human?
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW
Any artists out there got an available (non AI) picture of what could be a bioengineered seal/aquatic human?
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Any artists out there got an available (non AI) picture of what could be a bioengineered seal/aquatic human?
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Is Andor the best science fiction show ever made? On Starship Alexandria, @aptshadow.bsky.social makes the case to @emmanewman.bsky.social
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Starship Alexandria: Day 24 - 2025 Advent Calendar
For the Christmas Eve episode of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares why Andor is so special for him. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s late...
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December 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Is Andor the best science fiction show ever made? On Starship Alexandria, @aptshadow.bsky.social makes the case to @emmanewman.bsky.social
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that well-known species, the Big Whale.
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
that well-known species, the Big Whale.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
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The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
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Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.
Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
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Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
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Compliments of the season to everyone else celebrating on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Compliments of the season to everyone else celebrating on Christmas Eve.
On today’s adventicle, I have friends everywhere.
For the penultimate episode of the Starship Alexandria advent calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social talks about a show that does more than just entertain.
Today's 'window' opens onto a picture of a bearded man looking over his shoulder.
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Today's 'window' opens onto a picture of a bearded man looking over his shoulder.
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Starship Alexandria: Day 24 - 2025 Advent Calendar
For the Christmas Eve episode of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares why Andor is so special for him. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s late...
starshipalexandria.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
On today’s adventicle, I have friends everywhere.
That sinking feeling when your big denouement chapter turns out to be at least three chapters in a trench coat.
December 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
That sinking feeling when your big denouement chapter turns out to be at least three chapters in a trench coat.
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It’s been a joy to listen to @emmanewman.bsky.social & @aptshadow.bsky.social give their advent TV recommendations. Not least this by Adrian, which I agree is possibly the best show ever
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s been a joy to listen to @emmanewman.bsky.social & @aptshadow.bsky.social give their advent TV recommendations. Not least this by Adrian, which I agree is possibly the best show ever
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Dec 23rd's book advent is @aptshadow.bsky.social's Shroud: a wonderfully dark and tense tale of two women accidentally stranded on an incredibly inhospitable planet, a perilous journey to survive, and all the fantastic big ideas and alien weirdness you might love and expect from this author!
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Dec 23rd's book advent is @aptshadow.bsky.social's Shroud: a wonderfully dark and tense tale of two women accidentally stranded on an incredibly inhospitable planet, a perilous journey to survive, and all the fantastic big ideas and alien weirdness you might love and expect from this author!
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And on yesterday’s adventicle I’m fleeing the Peacekeepers
I was so busy yesterday I didn't post about @aptshadow.bsky.social talking about his favourite SF show. Sorry! Here it is in case you missed it! starshipalexandria.com/day-22-2025-...
Starship Alexandria: Day 22 - 2025 Advent Calendar
For the twenty-second day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian makes a bold declaration about the show Farscape. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And on yesterday’s adventicle I’m fleeing the Peacekeepers
On today’s adventicle, Emma is detecting something.
In today's Starship Alexandria advent calendar, I try to persuade @aptshadow.bsky.social (and anyone else who will listen!) to watch one of the most lovely TV shows ever made.
Today's 'window' opens onto a picture of a metal detector.
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Today's 'window' opens onto a picture of a metal detector.
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Starship Alexandria: Day 23 - 2025 Advent Calendar
For the twenty-third day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma shares her deep love for the show Detectorists. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s lat...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
On today’s adventicle, Emma is detecting something.
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Once again, an amazing fantasy bundle by @aptshadow.bsky.social here. What a deal.
Humble Book Bundle: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Epic Fantasy by Macmillan
Fantasy fans won’t want to miss this Adrian Tchaikovsky bundle, featuring the Shadows of the Apt series and more! Every purchase supports Cancer Research UK!
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December 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Once again, an amazing fantasy bundle by @aptshadow.bsky.social here. What a deal.
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As the year draws to a close, we've asked a selection of Solaris authors 3 very important questions...
Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025
FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!
Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025
FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As the year draws to a close, we've asked a selection of Solaris authors 3 very important questions...
Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025
FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!
Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025
FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!
Contains an orc with a knife.
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Contains an orc with a knife.
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The softcover edition of “a star called the sun” arrives from @imagecomics.com this February, emblazoned with a pull quote from my favourite contemporary sci fi author, @aptshadow.bsky.social ! The final order cutoff fast approaches, so be sure to ask after it at your local comicmonger’s shop!
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The softcover edition of “a star called the sun” arrives from @imagecomics.com this February, emblazoned with a pull quote from my favourite contemporary sci fi author, @aptshadow.bsky.social ! The final order cutoff fast approaches, so be sure to ask after it at your local comicmonger’s shop!