Terrible Worlds: Destinations - by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Three acclaimed novellas by the Arthur C. Clarke-award-winning "British master of science fiction"

The Future Is The Journey.

The vastness of space, the endless ribbon of time, worlds beyond our own: humanity has always been driven to explore, to pass the horizon and enter the unknown. For too many, that drive is what ultimately destroys us.

In three critically-acclaimed novellas, the "British master of science fiction" (Reactor) takes you into a mysterious artefact at the edge of the Solar system, to the very last day of time, into a world apparently born of children's stories, with fearless - and sometimes hapless - explorers... and shows us why sometimes it's best to stay at home.

Collecting Tchaikovsky's critically acclaimed novellas Walking to Aldebaran (2019), One Day All This Will Be Yours (2021) and And Put Away Childish Things (2023) for the first time, Terrible Worlds: Destinations gives you three glimpses of the limits of reality.

Review Quotes

"A fine example of why Adrian Tchaikovsky is becoming such a force in science fiction." --Grimdark Magazine on Walking to Aldebaran

"A richly original and humorous must-read for genre newbies and die-hard sci-fi fans alike." --Starburst on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"A thoroughly entertaining smorgasbord of historical figures, time-traveller culls, advanced technology-fuelled spats, and Allosaurus petting." --FanFiAddict on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"Combines middle-grade tropes, horror, humour, and excellent twists. It's impressive how much he packed in." --Fantasy Book Critic on And Put Away Childish Things

"Come for the quirky fantasy world and hijinks, stay for the examination of the purpose (both good and bad) of family." --The Fantasy Review on And Put Away Childish Things

"Funny, exciting, creepy and most of all humane... A smart novel exploring our own world and reactions using fantasy." --Run Along the Shelves on And Put Away Childish Things

"Harry himself is an absolute delight as a main character. By which I mean he just sucks so bad, but in very mundane and endearing ways." --Literary Illuminati on And Put Away Childish Things

"Humour accentuates the serious themes: appreciating life and finding its meaning, seeing and fulfilling your purpose." --British Fantasy Society on And Put Away Childish Things

"I had visions of Tchaikovsky manically laughing whilst writing certain scenes... I never knew I needed a story about a time travelling sociopath with a pet dinosaur in my life." --Fantasy Hive on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"Sly and even occasionally laugh-out-loud hilarious, for all that it's creepy and deranged. Be warned, some of its darkness will linger." --Geekly Inc. on Walking to Aldebaran

"Tchaikovsky delivers a comical and riotous account of what fun can be had when you're a sociopathic lone survivor with a time machine." --SciFiNow on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"Tchaikovsky's producing some of the best and most thought-provoking novellas out there today." --At Boundary's Edge on Walking to Aldebaran

"The kind of story that hooks you, begging you to read one more chapter before bed, before work or in any spare moment you can find." --Aurealis on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"The story is by turns humorous and horrific, the scope of imagination on display is wonderful and I really didn't want to put this down." --Fantasy Hive on Walking to Aldebaran

"Unsettling and creepy... Tchaikovsky shows us yet again how versatile are his writing and storytelling." --Civilian Reader on Walking to Aldebaran

"Unsettling and undeniably alien... this one will creep into your mind long afterwards." --Run Along the Shelves on Walking to Aldebaran

"As funny as it is thought-provoking." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on One Day All This Will Be Yours

"For anyone who enjoyed Lev Grossman's The Magicians or Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway and who understands that the worlds next to ours may be filled with darkness."--Library Journal on And Put Away Childish Things

"Hilarious, unsettling, and horrifying in equal measure." --Grimdark Magazine on Walking to Aldebaran

About the Author

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 role-playing games.