Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com

New Scientist image: headline "artefacts hint at cultural exchange between Neanderthals and humans" and image shows rather dubious looking human and amazed looking neanderthal.
cover: Green City Wars, showing a very greened city and a raccoon.
Gargoyle carving of horrified looking peasant.
Photo of robot, apparently, though looks more like hi tec vacuum cleaner fallen on hard times. Headline: ‘Ohio fires robot cop after 10 months of failing to arrest a single person.’
Oil painting showing an old guy on his deathbed surrounded by ecclesiastical looking types, one of whom is a stern and rather offended looking monk. The old boy is trusting out a hand at said monk and saying something fierce.
William Forward playing Lord Refa the Centauri in Babylon 5
US cover for Green City Wars showing a night city with a raccoon running on all fours in the foreground. The racoon is wearing a hat.
The wicked witch from Oz melting
Two books: Paul Cornell’s ‘The Mighty Avengers vs the 1970s’ and Lizbeth Myles’ ‘Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who.’
Cover to "the roar of the crowd" showing a peacock.
Close up on lantern showing a rat holding a skull beside it.
Two part-buildings with stone and timber and iron railings.
cover to Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries showing a giant winged seated humanoid figure with a sigil for a face appearing before two Birrin (hexapodal aliens created by Ries)
A big lad in a bathrobe on a chair on a dining table on a giant leech caterpillar monster.
Loo door on train showing a speed-blurred image of the countryside with the caption ‘our doors are opening to more places.’
Rainbow bag reading ‘hooray for you.’
Counter at deli with sign saying ‘half sandwiches’
Gary Larson Far Side cartoon with cavemen pointing at a flying saucer made of stone sticks and straw.
Two demons with three heads and stony skin stuffed with crystals.
Three heavily armoured chaos warriors with axes, mace and flail. Their weapons have weird growths with eyes.
Part of a strip sign at a restaurant stating ‘DOGS FLOATS.’
Number pad with sign reading ‘in the event of failure call…’ and then some numbers
Beastmen with 2-handed weapons, with lots of pustules, swellings and open wounds.
Beastmen with shields and various weapons, a bit pox ridden but relatively wholesome.
Three plague demons riding enormous flies. Flies are grey with metallic blue carapace gold wings and brown legs.
A Tesco advert showing a sagging burning giant made of vegetables and fruit.
A set of plagued skinny warriors wearing blind round masks, armed with swords, axes and maces.
Nurgle rotswords in metallic green armour with bronze trim.
A chonky guy with horns and a Druid with a staff plus a lion with a mane of vines and a sort of wolf plant thing.
A knight with a crested helm and an axe, and a sorceress with a sword conjuring water from a jar.
One of the dwarves with a Stormcast eternal painted in grey and purple:
Three kharadron dwarves of increasing height and dirigible-ness.
Armoured dwarves with metal balloons on their backs leaping about with pistols and cutlasses.
Hellboy, Mike Mignola
Couple of steampunk dwarves with metal backpack balloons, one with multiple metal arms, one with a sort of diving helmet
The dwarf with the books, which are held open by mechanical arms.
Three armoured steam-dwarves with big hammers, pistols and one arguing law with a couple of huge books. Colours are purple and grey with steel and bronze.
Sketch of a seedy looking own in a trenchcoat, with a cigarette and empty bottle.
One of the soldiers alongside a gas mask wearing Krieg soldier in the same green colours