British Science Fiction Association Awards
And Put Away Childish Things (Terrible Worlds: Destinations)
Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things. I confirmed it as a standalone book with ISBN13 9781786188793.
Work Information
A standalone book published in 2023.
An English-language novel published by Solaris with bibliographic confirmation and an ISBN.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Solaris
- Published
- 2023-03-28
- Pages
- 208 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.88 x 1.78 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781786188793
- ISBN-10
- 1786188791
- Price
- 5128 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Coming of Age
Harry Bodie’s been called into the delightful fantasy world of his grandmother’s beloved children’s books. It’s not delightful here at all . All roads lead to Underhill, where it’s always winter, and never nice. Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children’s books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids’ TV presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends in self-sabotage. His family history seems to be nothing but an impediment. An impediment... or worse. What if Underhill is real? What if it has been waiting decades for a promised child to visit? What if it isn’t delightful at all? And what if its denizens have run out of patience and are taking matters into their own hands?
Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed ten-book Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and other novels, novellas and short stories including Children of Time (which won the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2016), and its sequel, Children of Ruin (which won the British Science Fiction Award in 2020). He lives in Leeds in the UK and his hobbies include entomology and board and roleplaying games.
Reviews
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And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I'm not sure what to say. Weird, really weird and odd, very odd. But I think I liked it a lot
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Proper Tchaikovsky!
Such a relief that he's not just writing sci-fi now; because I cannot read the Architects series anymore. Unlike the brilliant "Children of....." series it lacks any sense of grounding in the real world, of big ideas in the hands of small individuals.... Where this is bursting with both. Phew....
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Wonderful, wonderful and awesome.
From the first page this book was equal parts hilarity and horror. Fabulous in its conception and execution. Started reading it on Kindle and loved it so much I bought it in hardback. Was thrilled to find my copy had actually been signed by the author. Was originally going to give the book to my son as a Christmas gift, but love it so much that I'm keeping it now. He'll get it when I die, after all....
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A bit of old tatt
Remember those epic battle scenes from LOTR where the armies of Sauron besiege Minas Tirith? Well, shrink that down to a dozen old men and women spitting at each other and you have a good idea of the scope and majesty of this book. Remember the huge cast of vivid characters in LOTR? Shrink that down to one lead character and two cardboard cutouts (a helper and a villain). Underhill is a pocket fairy tale land where James and Jemima have jolly adventures that always get them back home in time for tea; or it was three generations ago, when the books were written. Now it is old, tattered, and falling apart because no children came to visit and it is running out of energy. Enter the descendant of the author, who has the power to enter Underhill, but not much more. This feels like an exercise in writing to see how mundane you can make a fairy tale. No magic, majesty, grandeur, or even a quest. Tchaikovsky continues to play with the fantasy genre and this is a new twist, but it is just not that interesting. This could be an OK short story for a dollar or so, but it is way too long and overpriced as a novel.
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Fun
Another fun romp through Tchaikovsky's imagination! Dark, twisted fairytale creatures, a make believe land and a cbeebies presenter with a link to all