If you liked #AdrianTchaikovsky 's #AlienClay then you'll like #ChildrenOfStrife
- Same general theme
- Slow to get going but once it gets going it is as good as any of the other books in the series
The Mantis shrimp is going to punch his agent because he can't really act to his full capabilities in a plot that is 99% out of water.
Really dragging out Alien Clay by @aptshadow because I don't really want it to end
It's a bit creepy, though not as grim as The Mercy of Gods (new thing from the Expanse guys) but it's got an air of the latter, also of Children of Ruin, and the Pluribus writer may have read it..? Though I've only seen the first ep so far and, as a recovering biologist, found it extremely irritating.
Adrian always does his bio homework. Much more satisfying!
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Weirdo Book Club: September 2025
"Alien Clay" by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Book 55 is "Alien Clay" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Edit: finished 2nd September.
Truly Alien I've only discovered Adrian Tchaikovsky recently, but I've been greedily devouring his ample backlog. Fortunately for me, there's loads to discover, and he seems to be a prolific author who is regularly publishing new books. Many of his books are part of a series—I recently finished the brilliant Dogs of War Trilogy (Link
Just started #AlienClay by #AdrianTchaikovsky - has started out a lot like #CageOfSouls it is about life in a prison camp. If you like Adrian's tropes, you'll like this one too. Only 400 pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Clay-Adrian-Tchaikovsky-ebook/dp/B0CL4FVXH9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
Cached UK/IE Kindle giveaway on bsky: 5 copies of @aptshadow's ALIEN CLAY, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3ljkg2e4fc22p
Remember, you MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account to claim these.
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#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky's fascinating Alien Clay, which mixes politics, science fiction, alien biology, environmental concerns & the gulag for political dissenters.
Out now in paperback from Tor / Macmillan
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