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Alien Clay
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Ben Allen
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Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between Ben Allen and Adrian Tchaikovsky.
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .
On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did they go?
Professor Arton Daghdev had always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way. His political activism sees him exiled from Earth to Kiln’s extrasolar labour camp. There, he’s condemned to work under an alien sky until he dies.
Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem like nothing seen on Earth. The monstrous alien life interacts in surprising, sometimes shocking ways with the human body, so Arton will risk death on a daily basis. However, the camp’s oppressive regime might just kill him first. If Arton can somehow escape both fates, the world of Kiln holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it, and might just set him free . . .
‘A warning for a future we don’t want . . . Highly recommended’ – Tade Thompson
‘Unputdownable. Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF’ – Stephen Baxter
‘One of our finest writers of SF right now . . . an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair’ – James Oswald
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- Louise Hobson
- 05-08-2024
Masterpiece
Great storyline with unexpected twists complimented by gifted narrator. Worth listening too again. This myst be his best so far
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- Cameron Reid
- 31-05-2024
Consistently novel approaches to alien life
Another 10/10 from AT. While I have some deep desire for every alien to look like a Wookie or Klingon, what the author continually achieves is a vision of extraterrestrial life evolving in ways that defy the imagination of a mere mortal like myself. I again found myself spellbound by another of this author’s work. Also, some parts of the narration were genuinely hilarious, and the narrator did a top-notch job of being the characters to life. Strongly recommended.
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- stv9007
- 05-05-2024
an actual good book
classic Tchaikovsky just as good as any of his past work. there's so much rubbish in the genre I desperately need him.
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- Anna Cherkasova
- 17-05-2024
this is so good
This book is all that I love: alien planet full of life, resourceful humans and great storytelling. Reader was amazing as well! Would recommend
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- Charles546
- 18-08-2024
Repression and reversal
Tchaikovsky always thinks of a new angle of sci fi. I am usually rather negative every time I start one of his books, but after perseverance I am drawn into the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-08-2024
Original idea
Mind bending fiction is my favourite!
Thanks for a bizarre story full of interesting characters
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- Ken
- 07-09-2024
Intelligent, imaginative and non linear from start to finsh!
Wow, just wow. This was fantastic. Every now and then I get a glimpse of humour inside the science and story, that reminds me of Douglas Adams. Clever humour that sneaks up on you. The Story is well told (and narrated), and takes you a vivid and thought provoking journey.
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- M. Gilmour
- 17-06-2024
Anti Mandate - anti authoritarian romp!
Fantastic world-building, pace and humour. A warning for regimes of what can go wrong when scientists are allowed to think critically and search for the truth, freed of coercion and ideological pressures. A brave, timely and necessary tale.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-2024
It blindsides you with the unexpected
Book was great. Every chapter I learned more about the alien planet, it’s gross and disgusting but so intriguing you just want to keep going. The main character is also such a fantastic hand hold. Without his humorous cynical monologue I think the misery of the book would be too much but he swings the tone back to light and interesting whenever things seem seriously dower.
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- Susan Sydney
- 02-11-2024
Beautiful prose
Not really into the concept of “jigsaw puzzle” creatures… though I acknowledge it is clever. Would lead to madness in higher functioning creatures.
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