Thursday, September 15, 2022

Children of Ruin

Children of Ruin would have been far more deserving for the Arthur C. Clarke award than Children of Time (though I suppose this sequel wouldn't exist without the first book). I found it far more interesting a read. It has more concepts, bigger ideas, and surprises. I was few times reminded of Blindsight by Peter Watts -- I wonder if Adrian Tchaikovsky had read and been influenced by it.

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Blade Itself & Before They Are Hanged

Fantasy author Joe Abercrombie's name has been popping up whenever I've searched for new books to read. I finally decided to check his stuff out: his First Law trilogy is available here in libraries as Finnish translations. I've already read the first two novels.