My very bookish Christmas tree v2 (again, all physical books that I read this year). Merry X'mas!
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My very bookish Christmas tree v2 (again, all physical books that I read this year). Merry X'mas!
Adrian Tchaikovsky(@aptshadow.bsky.social)'s House of Open Wounds starts its serialisation on Science Fiction World (Translations) this month, two years after the Chinese translation of City of Last Chances. I guess they need to speed up; they are translating the series slower than AT writing it...
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Adrian Tchaikovsky(@aptshadow.bsky.social)'s House of Open Wounds starts its serialisation on Science Fiction World (Translations) this month, two years after the Chinese translation of City of Last Chances. I guess they need to speed up; they are translating the series slower than AT writing it...
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Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
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December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
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Join us. In honor of hitting triple digits in responses I was awarded one (1) DVD of The Hobbit (1977). It was so cool and metallic. I await my next reward, contingent on the number of responses
You can now vote for your favourite SF&F of 2025 in the @reactorsff.bsky.social Readers' Poll
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
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December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join us. In honor of hitting triple digits in responses I was awarded one (1) DVD of The Hobbit (1977). It was so cool and metallic. I await my next reward, contingent on the number of responses
My modest "Tchai Trove".
Considering the distance across half the globe, I'm contented with the adequacy😉 (of the quantity). Read all of them, and some more e-books. Enjoyed all of them.
Looking forward to the continuations in two major series as well as more standalones from AT in the coming year!
Considering the distance across half the globe, I'm contented with the adequacy😉 (of the quantity). Read all of them, and some more e-books. Enjoyed all of them.
Looking forward to the continuations in two major series as well as more standalones from AT in the coming year!
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My modest "Tchai Trove".
Considering the distance across half the globe, I'm contented with the adequacy😉 (of the quantity). Read all of them, and some more e-books. Enjoyed all of them.
Looking forward to the continuations in two major series as well as more standalones from AT in the coming year!
Considering the distance across half the globe, I'm contented with the adequacy😉 (of the quantity). Read all of them, and some more e-books. Enjoyed all of them.
Looking forward to the continuations in two major series as well as more standalones from AT in the coming year!
will definitely try it out... someday...
They serve awesome icecream, and you can always find some interesting gossip about SF while lying in the armchair
Ansible Cafe In Chengdu
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November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
will definitely try it out... someday...
Katabasis UK edition (R) and its Chinese translation (L). Approaching the end of the former, will probably re-read with the latter.
September 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Katabasis UK edition (R) and its Chinese translation (L). Approaching the end of the former, will probably re-read with the latter.
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Amazing!
certainly beats my The Expanse rip-off 3yr ago (www.reddit.com/r/AdrianTcha...)
certainly beats my The Expanse rip-off 3yr ago (www.reddit.com/r/AdrianTcha...)
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Amazing!
certainly beats my The Expanse rip-off 3yr ago (www.reddit.com/r/AdrianTcha...)
certainly beats my The Expanse rip-off 3yr ago (www.reddit.com/r/AdrianTcha...)
Reaching 4-digit page numbers for the fourth time this year. (first if not counting re-reads)
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reaching 4-digit page numbers for the fourth time this year. (first if not counting re-reads)
My very bookish Christmas tree, composed of all physical books that I read/re-read this year. Merry X'mas!
December 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM
My very bookish Christmas tree, composed of all physical books that I read/re-read this year. Merry X'mas!
Received my The Broken Binding version of The Three-body Problem. It's gorgeous!
October 18, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Received my The Broken Binding version of The Three-body Problem. It's gorgeous!
A solid start to a promising trilogy.
Not as thrilling as Leviathan Wakes, though, IMHO.
Not as thrilling as Leviathan Wakes, though, IMHO.
James S.A. Corey's highly anticipated novel The Mercy of Gods describes a world where successful humans are kidnapped and forced to perform tasks for aliens. @mollytempleton.bsky.social reviews the start of a new series from the creators of The Expanse:
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Aliens Exist and They Are Absolute Jerks: James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods - Reactor
It hasn’t even been three years since James S.A. Corey—also known as Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck—published Leviathan Falls, the final novel of the Expanse. It feels longer, somehow. But three years i...
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August 22, 2024 at 2:14 AM
A solid start to a promising trilogy.
Not as thrilling as Leviathan Wakes, though, IMHO.
Not as thrilling as Leviathan Wakes, though, IMHO.
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Team Journey Planet Celebrates Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures
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August 21, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Team Journey Planet Celebrates Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures
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There is an inordinately flattering piece on... just about my entire writing career, over on Reactor. reactormag.com/reimagining-...
Reimagining What It Means to be Human: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alien Ecologist - Reactor
From his brilliant worldbuilding to the ecological perspective that drives his work, Tchaikovsky's fiction cultivates radical empathy, asking fascinating questions along the way.
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July 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
There is an inordinately flattering piece on... just about my entire writing career, over on Reactor. reactormag.com/reimagining-...
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI-laxy"! "Service Model" is my most enjoyable read in this year by far. It's a pity that this gorgeous edition arrived only after I finished reading a plain edition (will probably give the latter to a friend and pass the thrill on).
June 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI-laxy"! "Service Model" is my most enjoyable read in this year by far. It's a pity that this gorgeous edition arrived only after I finished reading a plain edition (will probably give the latter to a friend and pass the thrill on).
Looking forward to it! My first reading slot in the next year (2025) has been reserved for this.
The cover is out for the third Tyrant Philosophers book! Another masterpiece from Joe Wilson. Days of Shattered Faith can be read independently or as part of the series. Diplomacy, politics and war. Sometimes being a good person isn't enough, if you're working for the bad guys...
June 26, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Looking forward to it! My first reading slot in the next year (2025) has been reserved for this.
Starting the first of the four new books of Tchaikovsky's in this year. Just received it
April 15, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Starting the first of the four new books of Tchaikovsky's in this year. Just received it
@aptshadow.bsky.social Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances finishes its serialisation on Science Fiction World (Translations) this month. This is his first novel published in Chinese. Cage of Souls will start serialisation in May. Still in three parts (May, Jul, Sep), I guess.
April 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances finishes its serialisation on Science Fiction World (Translations) this month. This is his first novel published in Chinese. Cage of Souls will start serialisation in May. Still in three parts (May, Jul, Sep), I guess.
a parcel just arrived, w/ some cozy rereads. Yet to arrange others properly with my existing collections...
March 11, 2024 at 10:28 PM
a parcel just arrived, w/ some cozy rereads. Yet to arrange others properly with my existing collections...
I probed a little more into the Chinese Hugo23 nominations that are less discussed up to now.
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February 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I probed a little more into the Chinese Hugo23 nominations that are less discussed up to now.
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Charting the Cliff: An Investigation Into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones
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February 23, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Charting the Cliff: An Investigation Into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones
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