The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky eBook

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Foreword by John Scalzi

We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud, Service Model, as well as fan-favorite series such as The Tyrant Philosophers and Children of Time.

About the Book:

Hungry ants that want to reconstruct the world in their own image. Occult investigations into private clubs. A philosopher’s attachment to his beloved pet. A new definition of battlefield archaeology.

What the homunculi do when the wizard’s away. A trans-dimensional theatre troupe. Murder by flower-arrangement. The infectious consequences of a fairytale wedding.

A magician conjures Sherlock Holmes. What happens when the mining robots mine, but not for you. The ultimate polycule. What is the groppler and why does it gropple?

In this collection is a veritable treasure trove of short fiction from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, covering all corners of the genre from science-fiction to fantasy to the plain weird.  Over thirty tales from across the breadth of his career, from the depths of space through broken futures, from the haunted shadows of the modern day to fantastical magic worlds, including the author’s commentary on the selection.  

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by John Scalzi
• Author’s Note: What’s Not Here

Science Fiction I—Broken Tomorrows

• Children of Dagon
• Red Sky in the Morning
• 21st Century Girl
• Where the Dead People Are
• Oannes, from the Flood
• Charlie’s Ant
• The Fall of Lady Sealight
• The Mouse Ran Down

Fantasy I—Down and Dirty

• The Roar of the Crowd
• The Binds that Tie
• Coat Like Bright Fire
• Dress Rehearsal
• The Face of the King
• Ancien Régime

Weirdness I—Reality Gone Wrong

• Crossed Gates
• Sandra and Me
• Family Business
• Difficult Times
• Not a Cat Person
• The Coming of the Cold

Weirdness II—The Casebook of Walther Cohen

• Where the Brass Band Plays
• Pipework
• The House on the Old Cliffs
• Lost Soldiers
• The Dissipation Club

Fantasy II—High Magic

• Fragile Creation
• The Final Conjuration
• The Language of Flowers
• This Blessed Union
• Precious Little Things
• The Groppler’s Harvest

Science Fiction II—Final Frontier

• Low Energy Economy
• Speak, Friend, And Enter
• Gods of the Ice Planet
• Wars of Worldcraft
• The Collectors
• Goblin Autumn