14 Best space opera books like Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary …

"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And that sentience, as imagined by the self-proclaimed sentient, is an illusion manufactured by a sufficiently complex series of neural interactions. A simulation, if you will.' 'On this basis, either everything of sufficient complexity is sentient, whether it feels itself to be or not, or nothing is."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

If you liked the space opera plot in Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more

Similar categories in Ray Porter's For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What does kaheerakah mean?"

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

"I always wanted to be a bad influence."

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

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2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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3. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more

Similar categories in Liu Cixin's The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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5. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

6. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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7. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.42

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Time is the cruelest force of all."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

8. House of Suns

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a… read more

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9. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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10. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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11. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

12. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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13. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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14. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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16. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Eversion book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

17. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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19. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

20. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

18 best-selling fiction books like Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

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Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

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Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

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Peter Watts

4.01

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4.36

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Gary Gibson

4.17

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