Children of Time - A Little Weird, but Brilliant!
Welcome back! Today we’re talking about the award winning series, Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. THIS is how sci-fi is meant to be written! It’s not just shooting lasers and superpowers and spaceships. This is DEEP sci-fi, with incredible scientific accuracy, intricate worldbuilding, and some heavy discussions around the nature of the universe and humanity itself. But it’s also a pretty weird concept. I never would have thought this idea would work, let alone, work so well. Now let’s take a look at this trilogy, spoiler free, and discuss what it’s all about and see if these books are right for you. Buy my books here! https://michaelcronk.com/ To support the channel, check out my patreon and my shop: / cronkthebookguy https://rainbowspaceunicorn.com/ Instagram @cronkthebookguy 00:00 Intro 01:24 The Concept 02:32 Weird Worldbuilding 05:47 Trilogy Structure & Thought Experiments 07:36 Two Overlapping Plots 10:07 Characters from Time to Time 12:57 Beautiful Themes 16:06 An Award Rejected 18:15 Representation 19:06 Content Warning 19:55 Is the Ending worth it? 20:37 How much should you try?

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