Children of Memory

By Adrian Tchaikovsky,

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From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin.

When Earth failed, it sent out arkships to establish new outposts. So the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its…

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2 authors picked Children of Memory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The whole Children of Time series is one that stretches the boundaries of science fiction by featuring unusual creatures, such as spiders, ants, octopuses, parasites and birds, as well as an artificial mind, in starring roles. The humans, and their ethnocentric need to not just terraform planets they plan to colonize, but to try to hasten the development of earth-like species on those planets, have created super creatures, with human-level intelligence, but who use their own unique ways of seeing the world and thinking. Children of Memory, being the last book in the series, is not just a continuation of…

As someone who is a bit of a naturalist/nature nerd, this book (the third in a series) explored some absolutely fascinating imaginations of evolution in non-human species.

The series looks at a group of characters and their descendants over thousands of years, after mankind has abandoned Earth and seeded and terraformed, then abandoned, different extraterrestrial planets.

What would consciousness and related society and technology look like for spiders? Octopuses? Corvids? And what would happen if humans then encountered these evolved species again after that evolution? 

Falcon's Call

By Mike Waller,

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Mike Waller Author Of Falcon's Call

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Why am I passionate about this?

As a child, I lived in a small valley sheltered from the night city lights. I could see the stars, and from that time, that is where my imagination dwelled. As a teenager, I read several of the books I have listed here, and from that point, I was inspired to read more and also to write myself. I sincerely believe that despite our current problems, humanity will outlive its troubled childhood and reach for the stars. We are destined for the stars, and only in the works of science fiction writers is that future explored. The books below helped me to become a successful author in my own right.

Mike's book list on scifi humanity’s future in space and time

What is my book about?

An alien starship appears in the Solar System! Humanity faces a glorious future, or total extinction, and only Joe Falcon can make the choice. Never would Joe have imagined it would fall to him to make the decision that would alter the destiny of two worlds, launching humanity towards a glorious future, or to extinction.

Falcon's Call is an action packed dive into the unknown, written in the style of the great, classic, science-fiction stories. If you like surprising plot twists, compelling characters and a hero who actually cares, you must read this new novel by Mike Waller.

Falcon's Call

By Mike Waller,

What is this book about?

Reader's Favorite Gold Medal winner 2019
B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree 2019
Chill With A Book Premier Award 2019

In a heart-pounding battle for humanity's survival, one man holds the key to a glorious future or utter extinction.

In a race against time, Earth and Mars race to claim a derelict alien ship as it enters the Solar System, both aware that whichever planet succeeds might in so doing achieve technological advantage over the other. But who should they send? Joe Falcon, an unlikely candidate, never saw himself as the "right" person. Accompanied by a crew of misfits, each fleeing their own…


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