Shadows of the Apt

I've finally made the move to update to a more book-focused site. This one should remain online but please go to http://www.adriantchaikovsky.com for news about new releases and events.

First of all, and to avoid all doubt, as at the moment of writing this there is no film biz going on with this book! This is just me having fun with a spurious dream casting for some of the characters for the book. Photos are all from imdb. Obviously this is also all just my […]

Shards of Earth, book 1 of the Final Architecture series, is out in the UK today! 

I put together a list of all the short fiction I've had in print, mostly so I could keep track of things myself. However, if anyone is feeling like a monomaniac completionist, look upon my works, as they say:   Year Published Publisher 2144 And All That 2013 Feast and Famine Newcon 21^st Century Girl 2012 (online) Nature.com Ancien Régime […]

It's not much of a silver lining for the last few years, that environmental stress drives me to write. Both as an escape, and because funnelling that frustration into my work is a more sociable alternative to screaming out of the window.  What did I make out of 2020 then? Actually a trick question because whatever hit the shelves […]

This week (Dec 2020) sees the re-release of the Shadows of the Apt series, with the first two books available with gorgeous new covers, and the series' very first audio adaptation, ably read by Ben Allen. Listening to Ben's narration (which he absolutely nails) has been an interesting experience. These are books I wrote over 15 years […]

The Doors are open, and things are even now coming out. My cross-timeline evolutionary thriller half a billion years in the making is now out in both the UK and US! 

Forgive the long pause, as the bear said, but in my defence, I've been writing. Anyway, I'm delighted to confirm that my new novel, The Doors of Eden is out very soon, which is to say around 20^th August. Waterstones link here, Forbidden Planet link here, and Amazon here.  For those in the States, the US release […]

So I've had my final schedule through for Worldcon in Dublin next month — anyone who's there please do come along to see me at any or all of the following:   Thursday 15^th August 18.50 Wicklow Hall 1 CCD — panel:  Talking Animal Characters in SFF   Friday 16^th August 13.00–13.50 Liffey Room 1 CCD — game […]

So I was at Eastercon last weekend where John Scalzi was guest of honour, and he was talking about people's blog sites being basically a post that says "And I shall write more regular blog posts in the future" and then nothing for the next seven years, and I felt called out, I say, called out! So here is the […]