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Terrible Worlds: Revolutions

by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Terrible Worlds: Revolutions by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  ★ 9.00 / 1
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The Future Is Oppression.

Scions, sonko, landlords: whatever you call them, they're the super rich, the princes of capitalism, living off the labour - and the deaths - of the swarming masses and all too happy to see the world burn to preserve their luxurious lives.

In three critically-acclaimed novellas, the "British master of science fiction" (Tor.com) takes you down into the mud and horror of a future battlefield, into the dust and burning heat of a scorched equator, into the grinding poverty of a newly-feudal village, with the folk who give their lives every day in the service of undeserving masters... and sows the seed of revolution.

Collecting Tchaikovsky's critically acclaimed novellas Ironclads (2017), Firewalkers (2020) and Ogres (2022) for the first time, Terrible Worlds: Revolutions gives you three glimpses of hope for a better future.

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Updated 04/16/2025
Category: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Military Science Fiction, Social Science Fiction, Collection
Release date: May 23, 2023 (Solaris Books)
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky

In the realm of speculative fiction, where the boundaries between science and imagination blur, Adrian Tchaikovsky writes with the precision of a biologist and the curiosity of a philosopher. Known for weaving evolutionary theory into alien worlds and giving sentience to the most unexpected of creatures, he crafts stories that challenge not just what it means to be human—but what it means to be alive.

Tchaikovsky’s breakout novel, Children of Time, didn’t just introduce readers to a distant planet populated by hyper-intelligent spiders—it redefined what readers expect from space opera. Bold, cerebral, and emotionally resonant, the book went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award, with its sequel Children of Ruin deepening the saga’s exploration of consciousness, cooperation, and survival. In 2023, the Children of Time series earned the Hugo Award for Best Series, a fitting recognition for stories that dare to look evolution in the eye and ask: what if?

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But his fascination with complex ecosystems and alien intelligences didn’t begin on the page. Born in Lincolnshire and trained in zoology and psychology, Tchaikovsky brings a scientific lens to his storytelling that few in the genre can match. His early background—before turning to writing full-time—includes years practicing law, stage combat training, and tabletop gaming, all of which echo in the structure, pacing, and immersive worldbuilding of his novels.

Whether exploring dystopian landscapes, unraveling genetic legacies, or building entire civilizations from the point of view of insects and cephalopods, Tchaikovsky’s fiction never loses sight of the human thread—our instincts, our flaws, our relentless need to reach beyond the stars.

Asked once why so many of his stories feature spiders, he replied with characteristic candor: “They’re alien enough to be unsettling, but familiar enough to be us.” That balance—between the foreign and the familiar—is at the heart of his work, and why readers keep coming back, eager to see what strange future he’ll unearth next.

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