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After a discussion on Discord, Tom has selected Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky as the May book pick.

Synopsis:-(view spoiler)[A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers?

WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth? (hide spoiler)]

Children of Time was twice a runner-up in March Madness in 2022 & 2023 and also a Semi-Finalist in 2020.

It is a popular book among S&L readers and hopefully will appeal to those that are yet to try it.

I have read both CoT and the sequel Children of Ruin and enjoyed both.

Anyone else interested to read in addition as a companion read his new fantasy novel "City of Last Chances"?

I am already going to read Book 3 of the CoT series Children of Memory, as I've already read Books 1 & 2

and I'm currently reading (and loving) Shards of Earth and will be finished by the start of May

So why not add a third Tchaikovsky book for the month. It will be interesting to see how AT handles the Fantasy genre.

I’ll probably listen to the audiobook of Children of Memory, as I have already read CoT and CoR. Interested to see how the trilogy turns out and hear what everyone thinks of the first book.

I too read both but have yet to read the third, which I will read instead.

I'm going to re-read CoT (I love it, and read CoR and CoM last year) AND the new one, City of Last Chances. why not both dot jpg

Honestly, I'm keen to see if it will hold up to a re-read, and if it will hold up to the critique of the group as a whole.

I could have sworn I had bought and started this and didn’t like it, which is why I consistently voted against it. However I have found that I did not own it. So now I’m wondering what book I was thinking of 😂😂

Hooray, this has been in my TBR collection for some time.

terpkristin wrote: "I could have sworn I had bought and started this and didn’t like it, which is why I consistently voted against it. However I have found that I did not own it. So now I’m wondering what book I was t..."

I don't believe you were one of the people who does this (no judgement either way intended) but did you possibly return it to either audible or Amazon because you didn't like it?

terpkristin wrote: "I could have sworn I had bought and started this and didn’t like it, which is why I consistently voted against it. However I have found that I did not own it. So now I’m wondering what book I was t..."

My wife’s book club read The Birthing House and she *hated* it. Supernatural horror about Los Angeles midwives that was apparently icky. She couldn’t figure out why they chose such a book. She went to book club last night and found out they actually read The Birth House, totally different book about WWI Canadian midwives. 😂

Trike wrote: "terpkristin wrote: "I could have sworn I had bought and started this and didn’t like it, which is why I consistently voted against it. However I have found that I did not own it. So now I’m wonderi..."

Based on GR reviews, she's not alone in her The Birthing House views!

In the depths of 2020, I read the Kindle sample of a book that was interesting, but when it came up in the Kindle Daily Deal and I bought it a few years later I very quickly realised it was a different book I had bought! The covers and 'T' in the titles had confused me: Tailchaser's Song and Treacle Walker
And I didn't particularly enjoy either of them!

Looking forward to CoT. I bought it when it was on sale on Kindle a while back but haven’t read it yet.

Looking forward to reading this. I almost voted for it for April's pick.

Ooh...I'm interested in this one but not sure I can fit it in in May.

Trike wrote: "My wife’s book club read The Birthing House and she *hated* it. Supernatural horror about Los Angeles midwives that was apparently icky. She couldn’t figure out why they chose such a book. She went to book club last night and found out they actually read The Birth House, totally different book about WWI Canadian midwives."

Well that's QUITE a bit different hahaha.

John (Nevets) wrote: "I don't believe you were one of the people who does this (no judgement either way intended) but did you possibly return it to either audible or Amazon because you didn't like it?"

Nope. Arguably there are times that I should do that but I'm 95% of the time too lazy. The other 5% I feel bad.

This was on my list anyway, glad to have bumped it up because it's got such a strong start.

In two minds about doing a re-read. Loved it the first time.

Well now that I’ve started and seen what developed via the nanovirus, I’m not entirely certain how far I’ll get. I’m already shuddering with the descriptions.

It's actually not creepy. Just kinda out-there.

TBH I loved the, being coy, evolutionary sections. I found the other parts written with the sophistication of a third grader. Wasn't enough to kill the book for me. The evolution sequences are magical.

John (Taloni) wrote: "It's actually not creepy. Just kinda out-there. TBH I loved the, being coy, evolutionary sections."

This may say more about me than about the book, but I don't find it at all creepy. But, of course, it depends on what you find scary and I've got a couple of detailed non-fiction books on the biology and field identification of the... uh, relevant taxonomic clade. So, while there are things that freak me out, it's a safe bet that this wasn't going to be one of them. I can perfectly understand why others might feel differently.

I entirely agree about the "evolutionary sections" being the strongest. I don't think I dislike the others as much as you do, but they are definitely weaker in comparison.

A lot happens with the humans by part 6. I think the "spacey" cover is deceptive. It's really half evolution on a planet, half drama on a generation ship. I assume it all comes together at the end in a senses-shattering "Sanderlanche".

I read this last year and I enjoyed it. I loved the spiders and ants story. I have yet to read the second book, but I will get there.

Tamahome wrote: "A lot happens with the humans by part 6. I think the "spacey" cover is deceptive. It's really half evolution on a planet, half drama on a generation ship. I assume it all comes together at the end ..."

Book 2 Children of Ruin is more spacey.

Children of Time - Really good
Children of Ruin - Solid follow-up
Children of Memory - Qualifies to be called a book, I guess

Yep; definitely “second album syndrome�� vibes after the brilliant first book.

Oh good. COT is in my Audible library. Never read it. This is the perfect excuse to bump it up in the queue.

I've been wanting to read CoT and then listen to Philosophers in Space talk about it. I don't think I would without the added incentive, though.

the month has begun..go forth and discuss