Children of Time
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovskyby Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shares rank 63 of 179 science fiction novels by recommenders
Recommended as good, interesting science fiction that explores different intelligences, with a lot of depth across the series.
Recommended as good, interesting science fiction that explores different intelligences, with a lot of depth across the series.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Consistently praised as good
“Also Children of Time series is pretty good.”
Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you reading?” “his Children of * range being quite good”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Sins of the Children (Adrian Tchaikovsky)” “his Children of Time series is sooo good”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “GPU World”
Other science fiction novels people recommend
The four most recommended other science fiction novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hail Maryby Andy Weir | 117 | 24 | 83% | 12 | — | Approved |
| There Is No Antimemetics Divisionby qntm | 98 | 34 | 74% | 9 | 1.5 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Blindsightby Peter Watts | 96 | 27 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Duneby Frank Herbert | 82 | 25 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Children of Timeby Adrian TchaikovskyThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Also Children of Time series is pretty good.”
“his Children of Time series is sooo good”
“you might enjoy Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series. It's fiction which explores different intelligences”
“The 2nd and 3rd books are good (and interesting) science fiction”
“There's so much depth to this series it's breaktaking.”
“his Children of * range being quite good”
“the plot seemed to find overly easy solutions to all the actual messiness”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.