Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work, including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Shroud, Alien Clay, Service Model and many others.

Children of Time and its sequels has won the Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise awards.

Eos got the chance to interview him over email.

Q: Your novels often challenge what intelligence means. Why are you drawn to minds that are different from our own?

AT: I’ve always been fascinated with the ‘other’ — both in nature and in fiction. It’s a natural use of science fiction/fantasy to inhabit the perspectives of other creatures — as much as one ever can. This also gives me the opportunity to explore regions of the idea-landscape that other writers haven’t touched. After all, fiction is full of humans!

Celebrated British sci-fi and fantasy author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s work often deals with themes of artificial........

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