Engines of Reason, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, is an eagerly anticipated sequel to Elder Race, my absolute favorite novella. In some ways, I was a little sad that Tchaikovsky decided to write Engines of Reason. I fundamentally believe that Elder Race is so perfect that it can’t be improved on, but Tchaikovsky has proven me wrong…
Continue reading ➞ Engines Of Reason – Iterating On Perfection
Tchaikovsky has a firehose of books headed down our way this year and we’ve had to split the stream. Since I’ve been having a blast with the Tyrant Philosophers despite my lean towards science fiction, I decided to take another dive into Tchaikovsky’s world of the god-killing, magic decanting, and faith improving Pallaseen Sway. Pretenders…
Continue reading ➞ Pretenders to the Throne of God – Gaze Into the Abyss
Tchaikovsky is out of control this year. We have had to divvy up his Q1 releases (Q1, not the full year) in order to try and cover them all. I ended up with the latest entry in the Children of Time series, Children of Strife, and I couldn’t be happier. If you are unfamiliar with…
Continue reading ➞ Children Of Strife – What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
You might think from today's title that we have put together a composite list of our top books by site favorite author Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is a great idea for a post we should do. However, today I am reviewing a new short story collection from Subterranean Press, all by the weird and magical author…
Continue reading ➞ The Best Of Adrian Tchaikovsky – Fantastical, Scientific, And Weird
Fresh off our best of the year list, let's talk a bit more about Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud. A standalone survival horror science fiction story from the master biomancer himself, this book did not disappoint on any front. It’s all about learning to perceive reality in new and interesting ways. Also, it’s anti-capitalist, spooky as all…
Listen, if you haven’t already bought into The Philosopher Tyrants series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, I don’t know what you’re doing. We at QTL put both of those books as #1 for 2023 and 2024 respectively. Go out there, dig into City of Last Chances, gobble up House of Open Wounds, and set a vigil for…
Continue reading ➞ Days of Shattered Faith – Piecing It Back Together
There is a collection of authors that we here at the Quill To Live would consider our ride or dies. These are the authors that we keep tabs on because we don’t consider if we will read their latest book, it’s only a matter of when. In our continued celebration of QTL’s 10th anniversary, here…
Yeah, the cat’s already out of the bag. House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky, was The Quill to Live’s book of the year. But what the hell does that even mean? What makes the sequel so damn good? Well, strap in, it’s going to get messy. The Pallaseen’s march to dominate the world continues,…
Continue reading ➞ House of Open Wounds – A Festering Greatness
This year I have read a lot of books that feature revolutions. Adrian Tchaikovsky is no slouch when it comes to exploring this topic, but delivers a bigger punch than usual with his latest, Alien Clay. I immediately latched onto its premise, seeing it as a spiritual successor to Cage of Souls, a book that…
Do you know what is not a wise decision? Picking up an enormous ten-book series when you are a reviewer trying to get out weekly content. But as everyone, absolutely everyone, says: wisdom is for fools. So today, I am here to talk about Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shadows of the Apt, the first and largest series…
