Anatomy of a Robot vs Scattered Suns: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Robots
Anatomy of a Robot
Why do we find artificial people fascinating? Drawing from a rich fictional and cinematic tradition, Anatomy of a Robot explores the political and textual implications of our perennial projections of humanity onto…
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Scattered Suns
One of the today's most successful science fiction writers, Kevin J. Anderson is the author of many popular Star Wars and X-Files novels, as well as his bestselling Dune prequels, coauthored with Brian Herbert. Now…
The verdict
- Readers rate Scattered Suns highest: Scattered Suns 3.9 · Anatomy of a Robot 3.6.
- Anatomy of a Robot is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for Scattered Suns.
- Scattered Suns has the widest readership — 5383 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Anatomy of a Robot | Scattered Suns | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 2.7 (6) | 3.9 (5383) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (2) |
Reception
| Anatomy of a Robot | Scattered Suns | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 5383 |
| Editions | 5 | 16 |
| Citations | 53 | — |
| Want to read | 6 | 1412 |
| Reading it now | — | 146 |
| Written reviews | — | 134 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1168 |
| Pages | 272 | 736 |