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Children of Time
- Lu par : Mel Hudson
- Série : The Children of Time Novels, Volume 1
- Durée : 16 h et 31 min
- Catégories : Science-Fiction et fantasy, Science-fiction

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Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 27/01/2021
Un classique contemporain
L'histoire se déroule de façon très satisfaisante, alternant entre les deux "espèces" et leur évolution. Cette évolution est justement ce qui fait le sel de ce roman et Tchaikovsky réussi à faire passer ses concepts de façon admirable. Les thèmes abordés sont passionnants : l'émergence de l'intelligence, le poid du temps passé, le besoin génétique de survie et de reproduction de la vie...
Comme souvent dans les romans SF avec un accent mis sur les concepts, les personnages sont un peu sous développés et l'action est plutôt rare mais ce n'est pas vraiment un problème. C'est plutôt dans la ligné Arthur C. Clarke si ça peut donner une idée du style de SF.
La narratrice est plutôt bonne sans faire partie des meilleures, les intonations de voix sont là et le rythme plaisant mais ça manque un peu de "mise en scène" peut être. je préfère des narrateurs un peu plus théâtraux mais c'est un goût personnel. L'enregistrement est quand à lui un peu bancal par moment, souvent j'ai eu besoin de monter le volume pour ensuite devoir le redescendre quelques minutes plus tard, mais cela reste un défaut mineur.
Dans l'ensemble je conseil vivement, je pense que ce roman va vite devenir un classique moderne !!
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 22/02/2020
Loved it!
True syfy. I loved the details and the totaly different view of the world, humanity and evolution.
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- dimitri sonier
- 17/11/2019
Un pur chef d’oeuvre de la SF
L’histoire elle-même et la qualité de l’écriture emporteront à n’en pas douter tous les amateurs de SF.
La narratrice est excellente.
Pour ceux qui comme moi ne sont pas bilingues en anglais, je conseille de ralentir la narration.
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- Mr Vincent SONG
- 18/03/2019
prenant, visionnaire, mais aussi décevant ...
difficile d'expliquer sans spoilers... bref pas déçu de l'aventure, mais déçu par l'histoire :) j'ai bien aimé la lecture, par contre la fin semble bâclée et trop simpliste
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- Rentomi
- 25/01/2018
Une autre vision d'humanité
J'ai adoré. Une redéfinition de l'humanité. Une histoire raconté sur deux perspectives dont l'une a des milles de toute personification.
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- Dan A
- 09/08/2017
Captivating and imaginative.
The amount of time which passes during this story is fantastic and kept me hooked to the tale. Listening at every opportunity to ideas and concepts which are unique and inspirational. Great listen, highly recommend.
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- HannahBeth
- 09/08/2019
Couldn't finish what should have been an amazing read
This book has an amazing story, and It starts out with all guns blazing. The premise was astoundingly brilliant and I was hooked.
But-halfway through-I had to abandon the book. Simply because I can. A well-written book would not allow me to do that! The story is cold. I honestly think some warmth and affection could redeem it. A character or two who hooks you and therefore guides you through the cold, empty, and lonely story spaces. But then again considering the storyline-it's a bit paradoxical, if the story is going for accuracy-then cold and lonely is accurately depicted.
I feel no connection to the characters. More annoyance than anything for their lack of development, and lack of development with each other. I think the author tries with Holsten and Lane, but it was not enough. I felt slightly affectionate for the spiders as they evolve and self-actualize-absolutely brilliant and a mirror to humanity-but I could not feel any real connection to them, and whenever it was their story's turn, I endured a cold, creepy feeling all throughout while imagining them.
But such technically intelligent concepts about space, technology, AI, evolution, and science. I can't help but be totally impressed by the author's knowledge and imagination. But-like the observation of so many other readers, the story needed better execution to pull it along and see it through.
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- Brian Douglas
- 17/08/2019
Accountability
Instead of writing the Pros and Cons of this book (nothing wrong with the book just not necessary to write a review on everything) I think it is time we discuss the elephant in the room. Namely, the never ending fake reviews being generated to artificially inflate the ratings of mediocre books. If you have no idea what I’m talking about go check out “Dead Moon by Peter Clines” It currently has a 4 star average, but if you look at the first 30 top reviews they are all negative ratings. This went from being an exception to the new norm for Audible/Amazon. I’m sure you have seen other books with similar ratings which the reviews do not support.
Most of the fake reviewers only have 1 book (the book they are currently reviewing) in their reviews. So who are these fake reviewers? Why does Audible/Amazon allow it? Why is the rating system based upon number of reviews instead of helpful ratings? Do they condone it?
I understand they have a product they wish to sell and I do buy it (I have an Audible and Amazon account with over 600 books). I love audible books. I loved them from back in the 80’s where most narrators were monotonic, and I love how they have evolved.
Once again, there is nothing wrong with this book where you find this review. I just needed to vent and wanted to see if anyone else is feeling my pain. Is a little accountability too much to ask for?
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- Debera
- 20/12/2018
Interesting Plot
Intersting story with a couple twists that keeps the listener engaged till the end. Unfortunately the narrator is a little flat when it comes to story telling. She was spot on with the character "Lane," but a limited repertoire when it came to differentiating the others.
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- Kurt Schwoppe
- 30/07/2017
Fascinating Premise Within an Excellent Story
This is everything you expect from good Science Fiction. I love it when an author can take a potentially hokey storyline and turn it into a stunning work of believable fiction. A work of this type takes detailed knowledge and superior writing ability. Mostly this is a book about the known characteristics and behavior of a certain species, and how that species would hyper evolve with the right catalyst. But it also has some awesome hard science fiction involving terraforming, long distance space travel, and an number of other more common sci-fi themes. The science was logical throughout while the story remained unpredictable - a great combination. Sometimes female narrators struggle with male voices, but Mel Hudson does an excellent job. This book is at the top of my list so far for 2017, so it gets 5 stars across the board.
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- Jarno
- 16/05/2017
A unique take on the alien
This was a very nice surprise. I read a lot of science fiction, and it's rare to come across a take on an alien society that is unique, and as well fleshed out as the author has achieved here.
The story concept is great, and the execution does not disappoint.
The start of the book didn't leave me expecting much - I found the main character in that early part pretty... cliche. Very glad to say that quickly got better though, much better.
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- Simon
- 17/06/2017
A very pleasant surprise
What a pleasant surprise. I had never heard of this author and have become very hesitant to download books by authors new to me. In a time where the traditional barriers to publishing have crumbled, I tend to start with listening to the narrator in the sample on the premise that a talentless self publisher probably cannot afford a professional.
This is a well written and expertly narrated book. The premise interesting and the science believable. The characters are engaging and the storyline moves along at a nice pace.
Sorry for not giving away any of the storyline. Let's just say it's a story of humanity, survival, and some really intelligent mistakes. I enjoyed it and hope ypu will too.
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 24/06/2017
All we need is enough time
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time presents an interesting take on intelligence development among insect species (mainly spiders) due to unintended human intervention. After an experiment designed to observe evolution at an accelerated pace in primates goes awry and Earth implodes itself, a colony ship is all that remains of humanity. While the terraformed world is lush and inviting, a psychotic human / AI chimera refuses to allow the last remnants of the human race to settle and forces them to wander, all the while slowly devolving, while the rapidly developing insect world is progressing through the stages of creating a sustainable civilization. With nowhere else to turn, humanity must make a play for the planet to survive.
The sci-fi elements are mainly centered around evolutionary biology and the development of intelligence and civilization. Intriguingly, spiders come to dominate with females being the dominant gender evolving as a mirror image of humanity. Rather than a random or artificial rationale for this development, the author identifies size (females being larger as a consequence of reproductive necessity) and the lack of need for child rearing duties as the basis for this development which provides a sharp juxtaposition and contrast relative to humanity. The devolution of humanity on the colony was less well handled and the final denouement was tending towards the preachy, but overall the tale is a fresh take on the evolution of intelligent life in a somewhat alien species without simply "aping" human developmental lines.
The narration was excellent overall with a solid range of voices of both genders. In addition, the insectoid vocals were handled nicely without resorting to nasal or flat affect renditions and rapid transitions between the human / AI chimera were skillfully relayed. This is a thought provoking tale that starkly portrays evolution as an unfeeling taskmaster without the concept of right or wrong, but rather only consequences.
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- Kirk
- 07/12/2017
Thought provoking, timely and optimistic
Adrian Tchaikovsky is a busy author. Children of Time is the first book of his I have read and visits a familiar landscape in contemporary sci-fi: the Earth is becoming unlivable and great ships are being built to send stores of humans to far off worlds to begin new, terraformed colonies. In this story there are some fascinating wrinkles.
The story opens with a ceremony marking the beginning of a terraforming project on one such far off world. The point of view is the narcissistic designer of this world drearily waiting through the formalities of her grand plan being put into effect. At the penultimate moment the pilot of the lead ship reveals himself to be a saboteur, a man whose personal convictions are that humans should not be imposing their view of the Universe on unsuspecting worlds. His efforts result in the grand plan mostly failing and the designer escaping death by placing herself in a hibernation chamber.
The plan for this project centered on a proto-virus that was introduced into the planetary ecosystem. The intent was for it to act as a catalyst and accelerator for evolutionary development of monkeys who were also to be introduced. The idea was to inoculate the planet with these elements, wait a few thousand years then descend a world pre-populated with humans at an early technological age and live as gods.
The monkeys did not make it and though the proto-virus had constraints to keep it from affecting every species, because only the monkeys were supposed to be affected, it turns out the native spider and ant populations were affected.
Meanwhile, time passes for the Earth. A lot of time. Time enough for the fall of the technological greatness allowing such project, an ice age, and a rebirth of technology eventually allowing for a new series of colony ships to be built and sent out.
Time is everywhere in this story. We watch the spiders evolve on their planet. The humans traveling in their colony ship have a stasis like sleep which can last for hundreds of years. They are periodically woken by the ship when their input or expertise is required to deal with issues and return to sleep. It's a fascinating plot device that allows for characters to age at different rates and wake to completely different realities within the confines of the same ship they start in.
The inevitable meeting of the two species, humans and spiders, in space is entertaining and exciting. I've written before about an author's ability to tell a story without breaking my suspension of disbelief and Tchaikovsky manages it well with his telling of the battle that ensues.
There is a fair amount of what I consider contemporary commentary of issues of the day like power, fairness, equality and the effects of technology on life.
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- Nathanael
- 01/11/2017
Ending is horrible
Interesting story-ending makes no sense and story falls apart lacking any logical reasoning. Really disappointed.
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- Anna gold
- 25/02/2018
Beyond inspiring
As a huge fan of science fiction I have read countless works by countless authors, non have ever touched me as this book. An understanding of life, in my opinion, has never been expressed so eloquently and so broad at the same time. This story is possibly a gateway to a new and improved perspective of humanity and of life itself. Amazing fantasy yet hopeful potential to be so much more. What we can achieve if only we can identify ourselves and the commonality between us and any other sentient being in the vast cosmos. A small, simple unique something that can bridge all the differences, that can connect to others and express one simple thought “This is us, we are like you”. This book deeply touches on all aspects of known and unknown qualities that make up our human intellectual capacity as well as those of other life forms. Then the question of “what can be achieved” is explored from a very unique alien yet familiar perspective. I cannot get enough of this book, and I pray that Adrien Tchaikovsky has planned more books along the same idea : “this is us” and what can we not reach together if we can break barriers of division. Beyond great, this book is a start in understanding more in every direction possible.
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- werauchimmer
- 15/01/2018
Conceptually very interesting
"Story"
There are a whole range of really interesting concepts and ideas in this this book. This makes the story quite unique and gives you plenty to think about.
"Writing Style"
In many ways this is refreshingly different. No classic story arch, barely any clichée. But the story is spread out over quite a long time and characters, so I couldn't really bond with any of them. About half the chapters are written like lab book entries (not really, but at least really detached and observing).
"Narrator"
I think I would have chosen a male speaker - partly for just personal preference, partly because most main characters (that actually have a spoken language) are male. Anyways, I think Mel Hudson does a quite good job -- the sample provided is quite indicative.
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- steph
- 10/12/2017
One of the best SciFi I have read in a long time!
On par with the Hyperion Cantus. Amazingly mind-boggling. A whole new world. 1 2 3
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- Lilli
- 22/02/2018
maybe better when reading
As an audio book sometimes very hard to follow. can't exactly tell if it because of a confusing interwoven storyline. or because of the voice and manner. still happy that I listened till the unexpected ending.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 21/02/2018
Great!!!
it's been ages since I last read something as fresh and original as this book
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- Steffen
- 23/12/2020
Gute Ideen
Interessante Geschichte. Spannender Plot twists.
Teilweise viele Wiederholungen was es an Stellen langatmig macht.
Manchmal etwas vorhersehbar.
Dennoch ein tolles Buch und empfehlenswert fuer Fans von ausgefallenen Science Ficition.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 20/10/2020
Difficult to listen to
Though somewhat complex the story is quite interesting. Unfortunately Mel Hudson applies the same speaking tempo, the same rhythm and the same sing sang to nearly all sentences. Little variation in modulation and speed. That makes it very difficult to follow the story. A shame.
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- free_anna
- 22/08/2020
Great concept, meh execution
As much as I loved the concept and premisse of the story, I disliked some of the concepts.
Without getting too deep into spoilers, a lot of the story deals with the passage of time and how it is percieved differently from differwnt perspectives.
As interesting as that may sound it brings a problem with it. It is hard to get attached to characters when suddenly a hundred years pass and almost everyone you "knew" is no longer alive.
Some of the perspectives are also not the most engaging or deal with sci-fi topics. You'll know what I mean when you read the book.
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- Michael Winkler
- 10/12/2019
There will be spiders!
The story is great, a big twist (soory, wont tell), and the reader is awesome! Buy, these are exciting 16 hours of finest scifi read!
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- Wassilissa Burger
- 02/11/2019
Not what i expected - in a good way
This book has a lot i like in science fiction.
Postapocalyptic, exploring of interesting new concepts and ultimately the exploration of humanity, well not russian literature deep but a little bit at least.
The other 'aliens' (don't want to spoil) are neither monsters nor perfect creatures like elves in fantasy, it's perfect.
The ending is maybe a little bit too good to be true. But as long as.... No, no spoilers..... 🙄
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- Michael Scholz
- 25/08/2019
Durchhalten ist angesagt
Anfangs bis zur Hälfte langatmig, teilweise der monotonen Erzählerin geschuldet. Das letzte Drittel wird aber richtig gut! Coole Story =)
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