Herederos del tiempo

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

518 pages

Español language

Published by Alamut.

ISBN:: 978-84-9889-119-5

(12 reviews)

Una carrera por la supervivencia entre las estrellas.

Los últimos restos de la especie humana dejan una Tierra moribunda, ansiosos por encontrar un nuevo hogar entre las estrellas. Siguiendo los pasos de sus antecesores, descubren el mayor tesoro de una era remota: un mundo terraformado y preparado para la vida humana.

Pero este nuevo Edén no es tan ideal como parece. En los largos años desde que el planeta fue abandonado, el trabajo de sus ingenieros ha dado frutos catastróficos. El planeta no se encuentra intacto ni deshabitado. Sus nuevas dueñas lo han convertido en refugio de la peor pesadilla de la humanidad.

Ahora dos civilizaciones se encuentran en rumbo de colisión, y ambas afrontan los límites de lo que harán para sobrevivir. El destino de la humanidad pende de un hilo. ¿Quiénes serán los verdaderos herederos de esta nueva Tierra?

3 editions

phonner reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Review of "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5 stars

An immensely satisfying story about human advancement and hubris that gave me everything I'm looking for in good sci fi. It's an exciting story filled with twists and turns that touches on deep, familiar ideas in profound and novel ways. There's lots to think about, characters to care about, and story lines to look forward to. The kind of book that gets me looking into the rest of the author's catalog.

Noisy Deadlines reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Aliens and spiders

4 stars

Earth is dust, humans are looking for new planets to settle. Generation ships travelling for thousands of years, genetically engineered spiders, failed terraformed planets, first contact, a look into an alien society evolving through the years. Even though there are wars and the classic conflicts for power, I liked the optimistic ending.

scmbradley@bookwyrm.social reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

A fun SF tale

4 stars

I read a Peter F Hamilton book years ago where the story we had been following stopped abruptly and we had a long section explaining the way an alien species developed, dominated its home planet and took to the stars. It was a fun, interesting part, but narratively it was very strange: the story came to a screeching halt while we caught up with what the baddies are up to. I can't remember the name of the book, and I can't be bothered digging it out because it's not like I really recommend reading it anyway...

Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time feels like that concept, but executed significantly more cleverly. The story flits back and forth between the human story and the story of the other species. And the other species are made a lot more interesting and sympathetic than in the Hamilton book.

My one gripe with the book …

My one gripe with the book is that the characters are not particularly well fleshed out. It's a book very much focused on the grand story of the fate of humanity, rather than on the specific humans it follows, and so those humans are just plot devices, really.

Michael Haider reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

A Pleasant Surprise

5 stars

What a great book. I'm so happy I went back to it, and I'm looking forward to starting the second book in the trilogy, probably in the new year.

I would highly recommend this to any and all sci fi fans.

Kevin Guertin reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Review of 'Children of Time' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Incredible! "The smartest evolutionary world-building you'll ever read", indeed! I was not expecting that wonderful ending. I was bracing myself for an ending I would not like, but I was wrong!

I can't wait to start the second book.