I seems like every year I’m reading one or two Tchaikovsky novellas a year, thinking “Wow, I should really read more of his stuff”—only to read more of his full-length novels and thinking “Wow, why do I like this guy again?” Now, I’ve heard that it’s mostly his recent stuff that’s the problem. That it’s too dry and political. And dry. And boring. Now I’ve also heard that Shards of Earth is different; a return to his older work, his better stuff.
Still, Adrian Tchaikovsky has been pumping out one or two good novellas a year, which is quite impressive considering he’s also writing full-length stuff. For the last four years I’ve read one per—all of which have been excellent—a trend that has extended through this year. So here’s the art of the Tchaikovsky Novella:









And there they are: all the Tchaikovsky novellas from recent years! Do you have more to mention that I failed to include? I probably missed some, the way the guy keeps churning them out. Personally, I’ve read 5 of these 9 so far (the final five, while I haven’t read the first four: Ironclads, Elder Race and either Expert System ones). How many have you read? Or even heard of? And if you’ve never heard of Ogres before now, don’t worry—Tchaikovsky’s latest novella comes out the 15th of March, 2022. And it is as excellent as his recent work, I assure you;)
I’ve only read two of these, Elder Race and Made Things. I have yet to read one of his novels, but I hope to cross that off my list this year😁
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I’m the same as Tammy, read Elder Race and Made Things (and loved them both), but haven’t tried any of his longer works yet. I’m really curious about the two expert system novellas.
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Ditto. I have access to copies of both (via scribd) but haven’t gotten around to them yet. I’ll be sure and let you know though (should I get to them first)!
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So far, I’ve read only Firewalkers (and the short story that was later turned into Made Things), but since I was unaware of the other titles I might try to fit a few of them into my TBR. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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