Adrian Tchaikovsky on Dark Ecology in 'Shroud'

About this episode

Adrian Tchaikovsky discusses his work and themes of dark ecology in his latest novel 'Shroud'.

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a bestselling British author whose work has taken the science fiction world by storm since his seminal sci-fi novel Children of Time, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016. Its sequel Children of Ruin won the equally prestigious British Science Fiction Association or BSFA award in 2019, and after the publication of the third book in the series Children of Memory, those books won the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2023. He’s also won 4 other BSFA awards ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Marty Kurylowicz, Holly Carson

Guest: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Topics covered

• dark ecology
• science fiction
• literature
• awards
• environment

Keywords

• Adrian Tchaikovsky
• dark ecology
• Children of Time
• Hugo Award
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Science Fiction Association, Arthur C. Clarke Award

Books & works: Children of Time, Children of Ruin, Children of Memory

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