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title: 'children of time'
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date: '2024-06-02'
description: '<- All books This was a recommendation from a colleague and surprised me with a gripping sci-fi story. Andy Tchaikovsky has become one of my favorite authors through this book. The plot revolves around a planet on which an experiment is to carry out the evolution of mankind again. The researche…'
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# children of time

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This was a recommendation from a colleague and surprised me with a gripping sci-fi story. Andy Tchaikovsky has become one of my favorite authors through this book.

The plot revolves around a planet on which an experiment is to carry out the evolution of mankind again. The researcher, Dr. Avrana Kern, belongs to the "Old Empire" which destroyed itself through a civil war. The survivors of this war have built an ark, the Gilgamesh. The spaceship roams through space and accidentally comes across the planet where the experiment has already created a new species of sentient spiders. Over many time jumps through the centuries, the development of both species is observed. Through various circumstances, both factions are set on a collision course with each other.

I was kept on the ball by how Andy Tchaikovsky managed to portray the spiders and their development over the centuries. The human part sometimes falls a bit by the wayside. The ending is different than I expected and makes you want to read "Children of Ruin".

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