Children of Time
Children of Time
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The Children of Time was $7.36 when we checked it on 2026-10-01. That observation is 11 days behind our latest weekly run, so we are treating it as an estimate until the next check.
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age -- a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the
Editor's note
This is the rare big-idea sci-fi that earns its reputation. Go in knowing as little as possible, the less you know about the planet the better.
Children of Time price history
9 weekly checks of our own, from 2026-06-24 to 2026-10-01. Plus 1 monthly point from 2026-06-01, dated before 2026-06-24, bought from a commercial price-history API rather than checked by us. How our price tracking works
Lowest
$7.36
Oct 1, 2026
Typical
$9.20
median of 9 weekly checks
Highest
$9.20
Jun 1, 2026 (backfill)
Latest
$7.36
checked Oct 1, 2026
9 weekly checks of ours1 monthly point dated before 2026-06-24, bought from a commercial price-history API
Typical price is the median of the 9 weekly checks we have taken, not the manufacturer list price. Every discount figure on this site is measured against it.
Every observation (10)
| Date | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | $9.20 | Monthly backfill |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Jun 25, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $9.20 | Weekly check |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $7.36 | Weekly check |
Details
- Item Weight
- 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 1.63 x 8.15 inches
Children of Time: common questions
Is the Children of Time worth it?
This is the rare big-idea sci-fi that earns its reputation. Go in knowing as little as possible, the less you know about the planet the better. Its Amazon listing shows 4.5 out of 5 stars across 51,514 ratings, which is the retailer's figure and not our verdict.
How much does the Children of Time cost?
The Children of Time was $7.36 when we checked it on 2026-10-01. The median of the 9 prices we have recorded for it is $9.20. Prices change often, so the live retailer link carries the current number.
Is now a good time to buy the Children of Time?
Our most recent price for the Children of Time is $7.36 from 2026-10-01, which is 11 days behind our latest weekly run. We are not calling it a deal or a low until it is checked again.
What is the lowest price the Children of Time has been?
The lowest price on our record for the Children of Time is $7.36 on 2026-10-01, and the highest is $9.20 on 2026-06-01 (backfill). That record is 9 weekly checks we took ourselves plus 1 monthly point dated before 2026-06-24, which came from a commercial price-history API rather than from us.
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