A Psalm for the Wild-Built vs The Robots of Dawn: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Robots, American literature, Fiction
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth…
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The Robots of Dawn
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for The Robots of Dawn.
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built has the widest readership — 206477 ratings behind its score.
- The Robots of Dawn runs the darker storyline; A Psalm for the Wild-Built stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Psalm for the Wild-Built | The Robots of Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (206477) | 5.0 (1) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (1006) | 4.1 (371) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (513) | 4.5 (479) |
Reception
| A Psalm for the Wild-Built | The Robots of Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 206477 | 479 |
| Editions | 7 | 41 |
| Citations | — | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 262049 | — |
| Reading it now | 9919 | — |
| Written reviews | 36551 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9933 | 1846 |
| Pages | 153 | 445 |