The Last Remnants of Humanity | Children Of Time

[@QuinnsIdeas]

At 4:18 I say "ancestors" but I obviously mean "descendants" but I'm sure you smart people got the gist!

[@natzo89]

*Deletes kneejerk grammar comment* You got lucky this time, scifi video man.

[@claudeyaz]

Have you made any content or FAQ videos that explain how you got into books, it and how you got into Scifi? Or any videos about yourself? Would be cool to hear what you do when not reading books and making KZbin videos.. It'd be cool to hear what you did in college and what you do for a living. But if that's too personal, it'll be cool to hear how you got into books.. I am just fascinated with how so many people are closet nerds. So always interesting when you find out your DM is an investment banker. Or someone who narrates videos on KZbin cuts and dyes hair for a living.. xD

[@claudeyaz]

Have you ever faced people insult you for liking books? Beyond the usual nerd criticisms?

[@claudeyaz]

A video on your favorite short stories, and compilations of short sci fi stories would be really cool! I'm curious! I liked Richard Matheson a lot...I am still salty that the Will Smith adaption of "I AM LEGEND," changed the ending =/

[@conorhealy2763]

2:44 dumby thicc

[@robertwinslade3104]

So happy you are covering Adrian Tchaikovsky; he's fantastic. Also I think his 'Dogs of War' series pairs well with 'Children of Time'; also tackling similar ideas of uplifted animal intelligence (genetically engineered animal super-soldiers) but much more near-future, over a shorter time period, and far more politically charged.

[@pippi2285]

I'm currently reading his fantasy trilogy, It's every interesting

[@robertwinslade3104]

@@pippi2285 I've only read his sci-fi so far, but through my job I just recieved an advance copy of a new fantasy novel he is releasing this December; definitely looking forward to reading that one!

[@thesixthsola]

During a really difficult time in my life, I found this book in one of those neighborhood book sharing deposit boxes on East Capitol street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. It gave me a healthy, lovely escape from the pain in my life. Thank God for sci-fi and great literature. Thank you, to whatever lovely human placed that book there.

[@covidenslavement8918]

You're welcome 😊

[@thesixthsola]

@@covidenslavement8918 Gosh. Could you imagine if I actually found that person via a KZbin channel? It would totally redeem the internet for like a day:)

[@covidenslavement8918]

@@thesixthsola 😋

[@joshuamueller3206]

Similar boat for The Expanse. The material is very pessimistic, but a human future in space was optimistic enough to give me hope.

[@user-zj9ow6vl1m]

Pandorum was a cool movie that dealt with space travel and hyper sleep and it’s mental effects. Highly recommend it. The show Wayward Pines doesn’t involve space travel but someone has to wake up once every 5 years for a few thousand years as they watch the world heal from nuclear war. Also a cool concept watch

[@thomascouch4864]

I haven't thought of Pandorum in years.

[@AscendantStoic]

Yeah, as soon as I saw this video I was immediately reminded of Pandorum, quite the interesting sci-fi movie.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I was just thinking about that show recently and couldn't remember what it was called, even more interesting was what happened to the surviving humans on earth. They became the real threat, feral, animal like and far stronger, far more so a danger than the threat of nuclear fallout. That was a great show, I'm sorry it didn't last longer.

[@user-zj9ow6vl1m]

@@DeathBYDesign666 Agreed. One more season to really wrap stuff up would have been nice. So many good sci-fis get cancelled prematurely and we are left wondering.

[@fredericdarietto9546]

I prefer lost in Space with thé actor of Friends

[@oddian-13]

Its always nice to wake up and find a new video from Quinn

[@MohitSharma-jm9tb]

BABE WAKE UP NEW QUINNS IDEAS DROPPED

[@ReapTheWhirlwind]

This kind of reminds me of C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series. Basically, humans were headed towards a potential colony planet and the computer that calculates the jumps malfunctioned due to negligence. The humans end up in unfamiliar space and have to rapidly find a new way to take on fuel. There was no orientation in space because none of the stars were familiar and so it became do or die. Like, the ship went from an exploratory vessel to a generation ship to a space station(two actually but I digress)! We don't find out about the nitty gritty details for a long time(the series has almost 30 books) but it's an interesting take on how humanity could potentially start over and how divisions & factions can progress in situations we simply haven't had to face before.

[@commanderfarsight2351]

There was a short novel I read when I was around 11 years old. It was about the end of time in the sense that, after a million years of various cultures across space time travelling(using space ships) it stretched space and time to the pointthat it was falling apart, and the only thing i can remember clearly was when the protagonists came across a horizon( guess you can say it was a Horizon event except the light disc was a physical plane one could walk on) littered with time travelling space ships in various states of disrepair and others in pristine condition. They were the last to arrive to witness it all end. Wish i could find it again, but out of all the Sci-Fi novels, that stuck with me the most.

[@NouraZahle]

Let us know if you find it again.

[@Good_Hot_Chocolate]

Leaving a comment incase anyone knows the title

[@RandomAnimeFighter]

Now I’m interested

[@marinousmonk8605]

I want in on this too

[@Sola_nin]

I wanna know too

[@madalenapires21]

I love Adrian Tchaikovsky's books. I'm so happy to see more people talking about them online. Loved the video!

[@jadaba17]

Praying to the KZbin gods that this man does a play by play of Children of Time like Quinn did with the Dune series

[@Johurph86]

Ursula Le Guin wrote a excellent novella about a generational colony ship titled "Paradices Lost." It's a story that feels all too real and relevent, exploring the interactions between isolation, culture, and religion. I highly reccomend it!

[@pastogen01]

Omg yes! I just randomly picked this book up at a Goodwill, I've been glued to it ever since

[@thatScoutdog]

I like how whenever I visit this side of KZbin it's more thought provoking side of clasic vibe science fiction that the easier to consume small plot in a overly expansive universe with the warhammer and star wars novels I listen to. I am really enjoying the 'our species is in decline' pov lately and what right thing to the crazy actions the characters decide to react

[@tristanlawson5371]

When you first discussed this book, I eagerly bought it and its sequel. It has some of the finest worldbuilding I've ever seen in a modern sci fi saga. I'm looking forward to the third book coming out!

[@calvinatdrifterstudio8438]

This book was really fascinating in general, but what stood out to me the most was the body-horror Adrian manages to pull off with the women preserved in the satellite for thousands of years by accident. She wakes up for only a few moments, realized her ruined eyeless body was dying, and somehow gets immediately backed up into a computer, which isn't successful and turns her into an insane broken copy that just broadcasts screaming on the planet below for hundreds of years.

[@elizabethevelyn7125]

But it's okay because her consciousness winds up replicated into a computer system made up of ants and she seems chill with it

[@marcelleroux9172]

I cant wait for more 3 body problem videos. Definitely my favorite series that you cover exceptionally well. Thank you Quinn!

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

Really want to see what is after the solar system and soon the universe becomes 2d

[@joecoffee7750]

@@dontforgetyoursunscreen Bro, wait until we go 1D

[@MineTheGresh]

Thank you for covering this author. He has got me back into Sci Fi with his sentient non-human characters or changed human characters and tackling done really big themes. I discovered him with The Expert System's Brother, then this Epic. Hope you do many more from this author.

[@PyroManiac944]

Great video. I'm glad I finished this book before you made this video. I only picked the series up because your last video on it had me interested.

[@hersh1286]

One of my favorite books. Changed how I think of certain things and improved my outlook on many things.

[@nordicson2835]

I am never at a loss for reading material since l found your channel. Thank you.

[@Dubszu]

A really fantastic read, thanks for putting me onto it!

[@HistoryTime]

I love this channel. We read all the same novels :)

[@eardwulf785]

Dude you get where water can't 🙂 This is the last place I would have expected to come across you. Love your work

[@ambassadorcartwright9127]

Omg what a crossover! I've watched all your videos multiple times!

[@ashleyrothn313]

inhave started reading again because of this channel and its quality of content. i very much appreciate it. these videos have the aesthetic of a warm study alone with a friend, but the tone of a camp fire story, with the content of a quality review. its enjoyable to watch and leaves you hungry for the source material, and i never would have given any of these books a chance without this channel.

[@MrRickstopher]

Dude, you just pick all my favorite stories. This was one of the funnest books I’ve read since the first time I read 2010.

[@dane3038]

What? I zoned out. I still can't shake the, "Three Body Problem" out of my head.

[@czcrossman]

Just finished the Audible book, thanks for your recommendation Quinn. As usual your impeccable taste in sci-fi helped me find yet another absolute gem! The narration on the Audible version is amazing and the story itself was incredible. Loved it!

[@shanelareau3907]

I'm glad you covered this book. I am also so happy to have found this author a few years back. Such original concepts in these books. I am definitely looking forward to the third installment due early next year!

[@CulturePoppa]

Quinn! I gotta know, are you doing this full time now?!? If so, and even if not, I’m SO jealous. You get to read all this stuff and talk to us about it. It’s really great. Thanks!!

[@FeralRabbit]

After listening to this video I got the book and read it, nonstop. There are things I think are “weak” and “tropes” but overall I found it brilliant and can’t help root for the jumpers! On to the sequel! Thanks Quinn!

[@deven6518]

I absolutely love your channel. The books you cover are exactly my taste in novels and it's a wonderful place to discover new material. The hyperion series in particular was an excellent read.

[@Grombrindal91]

Please never change your intro I love it

[@superstring01]

So glad you’re discussing this book. It’s one of my all time favorite!

[@moppypuppy781]

I love the ideas in this channel.

[@akiyrjana6558]

Thanks again, Quinn. Adrian is a great yarnweaver. One of the first re-purposed generational ships in scifi-history is the Swedish nobelist' Harry Martinson's poem-form epic Aniara from 1956. I just re-read it. The book has aged quite well. I cannot really read it in Swedish, and my native tongue (Finnish) translation is a pain. But the English version is good, Swedish being so close a relative to English.

[@brandondimmitt5050]

Love the channel. Got into it because I'm a huge dune fan and have since gotten so many great reading ideas from here... this and The Three Body Problem series amongst the best. Thank you so much. Please keep the videos coming!

[@bencruz563]

One of the most interesting reads I've experienced.

[@LawlessChemistry]

One of my favorite sci-fi books of the last decade. I recently read "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernon Vinge and the arachnid-like species in it reminded me of the arachnids in Children of Time. I wonder if Tchaikovsky was influenced by that series. Any chance you could cover Vernon Vinge's Deep books one day?

[@danieljameson7015]

I second this! The Deep books are some of my favorite

[@LawlessChemistry]

@@danieljameson7015 I have yet to come across a more imaginative alien species building than Vinge, although I wish he went a little more into specifics of various alien biologies he describes. Then again, there is enough complexity and world building in his books to make hard bioscience in his books a daunting task.

[@Yggdrasil42]

They're my favorite Sci-fi books! The parallels between Deepness in the Sky and Children of Time are unmistakable.

[@LawlessChemistry]

@@Yggdrasil42 It's a shame that Vinge didn't write many other novels. I decided to read the Deep series after reading Rainbow's End, and was blown away with how different and dark they were compared to it.

[@adryandawnstarr477]

Its a possibility but also maybe not. Adrian is a zoologist and is really fond of insects(a fact that really comes through if you read his "Shadows of the Apt" novels). It might just be that since both species are based on arachnids, they naturally are similar to each other.

[@BrianSmith-ji7oi]

Thank you for talking about this book. I picked it up after watching one of your first videos on it. Just finished the book today. Such an amazing book. Lots of things to decompress on this one. Loved it. Thank you.

[@rattlehead05]

I had been awake for 36 hours when I got to the point in this book where the humans got their shit together. I definitely remember tearing up a bit!

[@beastvg123]

Great video! Just a heads up, the word "sentient" just means a capacity to feel sensation, or pleasure and pain in neurology and biology. Spiders are already demonstrably sentient, as they can be proved to experience pleasure and pain just as well as any given human can be proved to. Adrian actually has a love for arthropods and their cognition in particular, which inspires him to write similar creatures into his stories. The spiders in Children of Time are sapient, which is the characteristic of being able to think abstractly and understand a concept of self. Both sentience and sapience are evolved behavioral patterns, and can be argued to be a spectrum. Both sapience and sentience, as far as is demonstrable, seem to require a central nervous system. Sapience is a relatively new emergent property, but sentience has probably been a characteristic of all life with a central nervous system since the precambrian.

[@CSGdesign01]

Reading this book after watching this review of yours. So glad I am. It's great! I have ordered the sequel already and will also pre-order the third. Awesome author and story, thank you so much for reviewing it in a way that drew my attention and interest.

[@missinglink10001]

Thanks for pointing me towards this book. Great channel.

[@mikeofdoom]

Your channel is playing a big part in my getting back into SF in my mid-50s. Grew up on it but haven't read much in decades, other than Iain M Banks. Excellent content.

[@kotletaskartoshkoi]

Thank you so much for this video. After watching it I read this book and now I start to reading a sequel, and I absolutely in love with this books. Worldbuilding and characters are so interesting and some scenes are so cinematic. Thanks for you work once again.

[@Arkham_UK]

Quinn's man! Your output has gone ballistic! Don't burn out 😟❤️. Love all you do though 👍

[@threemooseqateers9689]

Can’t wait for your children of ruin video. It’s so good

[@stephenlavelle5369]

Cheers dude. Loves these videos.

[@austinsp00l24]

Just found your channel, I'm really enjoying it. I really wish I could have found this last month when I was looking for recaps before I read Children of Memory.

[@wangbot47]

Yet another great book I have read on Quinn's recommendation

[@andreswai52]

Amazing video as always.

[@AlexA-ko8lu]

I really liked this book. I'm glad you ate covering it.

[@Ma55ey]

Love this series.. it's the first book I tell people to read why they say they are looking to try a new novel..

[@Hrafnhistorical]

Absolutely love this series, cannot wait for the next installation this month.

[@HellCatt0770]

This is one of those books that lingers in your mind. Every so often I find myself wondering about one of the concepts or ideas…

[@Meeeeee326]

Keep these vids coming👌🏽

[@RandyHarts-yg1pt]

Hey Quinn, you beautiful guy, you! Over the last couple of years I have been following your excellent work, I realized we have the same tastes in sci-fi and fantasy and such, so, when you recommended Children of Time in an earlier video, I picked it up. So glad I did! Just finished it today, amazing work, just fantastic! Thank you, so much! Started the next book, absolutely loving it! I think you are awesome! You and I could, perhaps, be friends if the time/space continuum had been shuffled into another configuration. We agree on so many things, that I absolutely trust your opinion and reviews on books, movies and shows. Thank you for your great videos, and keep suggesting those books! Your friend, (aspirationaly!) Randy

[@amandaharris108]

I honestly love all the videos you put out. I got in it for the Asimov and stayed for everything else 💯

[@robcohen7678]

Just finished reading this, really enjoyed it, glad I found your recommendation. Just found out theres a sequel! I really liked how the author paralleled and made analogies to human history and the development of new ways of thinking, and changes in culture as times goes on, rights movements, etc in the spider civilization

[@conorhealy2763]

2:44 dumby thicc

[@mathiassvensson7911]

Thank you for recommending this book, bought it right away and enjoyed it immensely! Thumbs up!👍

[@stranger16luis71]

Children of time is truly one of my Most Favorite Sci-Fi books of all time. I mean, the worldbuilding, was just wow, so much detail, such deep dive into the psych of the characters. And the Ending was, absolutely fantastic, and quite shocking, which caught me by surprise. Not in a million years was I expecting an ending like that, by the way it was progressing.

[@dansprank8979]

Love this book and then 2nd one. Looking forward to the 3rd book in 2023. Your videos helped me purchase the books.

[@noonespecial1178]

I really enjoy your vids keep up the great work

[@mattgood3873]

I love this book, but I'd say that Portia is the most compelling character in the story. Her world is extremely interesting.

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

I'm more of a Bianaca guy myself, though all versions of Fabian are pretty amazing too.

[@razorback8300]

@@zhitchcresttail3387 yeah , I really liked Fabian’s versions as well as Portia and bianca . Recently finished the book so I am quite intrigued and interested of what’s going to happen on the sequel !

[@macgonzo]

Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of my favourite authors ☺️ The "Children of..." series is just brilliant ❤️

[@FD_Fan]

I really enjoy your explanations of this series. Thanks!

[@TheMak445]

Just recently finished this book having being encouraged to read it following this youtube overview. Loved it and the conclusion is a hope for humanity if we are to survive. Looking forward to reading the sequels. Thank you Quinn, for the great introduction to this book the work of Adrian Tchaikovsky 😊👍

[@Noms_Chompsky]

Really digging your viddies!

[@igodreamer7096]

Really trippy, even aeons after leaving Earth, humanity never loses they primal instincts!

[@EvoSchecter]

I looooooooooved this book. I found it because of this channel!

[@Dark_Jaguar]

As an aside, may I recommend you read the Orthogonal trilogy? It's a very... different kind of sci-fi. The basic premise is a universe where physics are different by just changing a plus sign to a minus sign in a basic equation governing reality, and all the physical consequences that follow from that, such as the elimination of a universal speed of light, the natural instability of matter in many configurations, and time essentially behaving more like a spacial dimension to the extent that any matter travelling in a direction, wait for it, orthogonal to it can "collide" before the entities that are travelling in the other direction can even be aware it's coming. I can't say it's the best sci-fi I've ever read, but it's very unique and explores some interesting physics and some sociological ideas along the way.

[@Kamenriderneo]

This video reminded me of a show I watched when I was younger, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. In it, you learn that every reflective surface could potentially become a portal that leads to a paralelle world called Ventara. There, the planet had once come under attack from an alien force and to combat it, 13 individuals were given advent decks which allow them to don power suits. Now, each suit was key to the DNA of its user, and so only the owner of the deck or his Earth counter-part could use it. And the only person who could reprogram the decks was their creator, Eubulon who was thought to have been destroyed. Because of this, the ventarans believe that the advent decks would be useless and more importantly, they themselves would be defenceless if the users of the decks were to die. So to push back the eventuality that the deck owners would die of old age, they are placed in cryopods, with one defender awake at a time for a year while the others sleep. That meant that Each warrior would be asleep for 12 years before taking his shift of watching over the planet alone for an entire year... Even if it's not as long as decades, that has to be just as disorienting

[@albin2232]

I read it the other week and really enjoyed it. recommended.

[@faeslayer]

Such a good book, love your discussion of it. Can’t wait for your Children of Ruin videos

[@theunknown1426]

This reminds me of the movie..... Pandorum (2009)

[@1Dreamking]

Before watching this video I will just say two things. 1. I love this book (have not read the other books in the same universe yet but I have them). 2. I stumbled upon your channel (1-3 years ago) because of your outstanding Dune videos and love your content! That said, I am very curious to your take on this book. =)

[@sagan1976]

I know a guy named Jeremy, he lives in England, i live in Portugal. We talk a lot about work related stuff but every now and then we talk about Sci-Fi because we're both geeks. One of these days we were talking about Dune and he told me "You know who i like? Quinn's Ideas on KZbin." and i said "Me too! He's got great sci-fi content and analysis and i began reading some books because of him!"

[@holyfreak86]

I loved these novels. The third part of the series arrives in november!

[@JonBaldie]

Did anyone else find the relationship between Mason and Lain surprisingly beautiful? Tchaikovsky develops it in an understated way that I found delightfully touching toward the last sections of the book.

[@soopahsoopah]

5:16 Insightful take. We are seeing this now.

[@NanNaN-jw6hl]

@4:20 -- you want the antonym for ancestor ... the people who started the trip, will have their ship deliver their descendants. The people who started the trip are the ancestors; not the other way around.

[@smoothe7635]

I see you have an excellent Octavia E. Butler collection, right on!

[@MikeSigsworth]

Just starting into Children of Memory today and looking for YT video recaps of the previous books. So glad to have found your channel, you cover a lot of the types of books I enjoy reading. So uh.... when's that Children of Ruin video coming?!

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Quinn a guy who does futurism you might like is Issac Arthur. He covers science fiction and the technology needed to make it real. One of those videos are generational ships and cryonics.

[@eddiepolo6047]

Isaac Arthur is the best! "Turn on the CC, and grab a drink and a snack".

[@wtficantgetaccname]

Much respect for your work!

[@captaingamedesigner]

I just saw that a third book in this serious is coming. Children of Memory!

[@mishkosimonovski23]

One of my favorite channels....along with Isaac Arthur.

[@braggarmybrat]

Thanks for the book recommendation, it sounded intriguing enough that I downloaded it. Almost done with Anne RIce's Mayfair Witches series so it's next!

[@williamthalman2708]

One of my favorite among modern science fiction. Didn't know it had a sequel.

[@davispeterson1876]

Quinn says he's gonna cover Children of Ruin soon: Me: "We are going on an adventure . . ."

[@alexisdelgado]

Just finished reading Children of Time, it was very interesting, I loved the spider point of view and how their "technology" evolved. Regarding the Generational Ship aspects of the novels, I recommend you read Seveneves if you haven't I would love to hear your thoughts about it

[@bradleymay5350]

Thank you! Not only does Quinn offer compelling book selections (I too enjoyed this one) but so do the viewers. I very much look forward to checking out Seveneves

[@levimnm9152]

Finally Video for my favourite book

[@johanvandersandt8904]

*Pauses video, SMASHES like button* ...Proceding with thought provoking content.

[@Shatterverse]

Reminds me of the film _Pandorum,_ which is quite good IMO, rather underrated.

[@fullmetalpoitato5190]

Thanks for talking about this awesome book Quinn! Please take a look at Vernor Vinge and "A Fire Upon the Deep" and accompanying materials! I read that book when I was about 12yrs old digging through my dad's collection and I've loved it ever since. Along with Armor by John Steakley and the Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison a Fire Upon the Deep really help cement my love for science fiction at a young age.

[@FloralHaze]

My favourite sci fi book!

[@rebbeccahoneycutt7941]

Okay so I loathe spiders, in general, but I also adored this series, and am super grateful for the reccommendation and breakdown. I had literally just picked it myself on audible before I saw your evolution vid!

[@denys-p]

This cycle is the one of greatest sci fi discoveries over last years, as to my taste

[@6shnuggle6]

Love your videos. I just want to know more once a video is over. haha.

[@jq5150]

Just finished this book tonight... amazing. That was an emotional roller coaster. The conclusion was better than I had hoped.