Black Man vs Fleshers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Genetic Engineering, Cyberpunk
Black Man
Winner of the 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in…
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Fleshers
Dez is a flesher, scraping a living in the banns of Newport. When she accidentally kills a cop during a routine raid and then discovers that Newport City OpSec is planning to exterminate millions of fleshers, everything…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| Black Man | Fleshers | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (106) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Black Man | Fleshers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 106 | — |
| Editions | 5 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 941 | — |
| Pages | 642 | — |