Book Series Guide

Adrian Tchaikovsky · novella-series

Terrible Worlds: Destinations books in order

Three speculative novellas about journeys to impossible, dangerous, or altered destinations.

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  1. 1
    Walking to Aldebaran

    Book 1 · novella · 2019

    My name is Gary Rendell. I’m an astronaut. When they asked me as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, “astronaut, please!” I dreamed astronaut, I worked astronaut, I studied astronaut. I got lucky; when a probe exploring the…

  2. 2
    One Day All This Will Be Yours

    Book 2 · novella · 2021

    Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day. Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we…

  3. 3
    And Put Away Childish Things

    Book 3 · novella · 2022

    Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children's books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids' television presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends in self-sabotage. His…