For us, the living vs The Door into Summer: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Twenty-first century, Time Travel, Fiction
For us, the living
SciFi - Originally written in 1938-9 but never published, RAH's first novel is a raw work filled with themes used throughout his career. Perry Nelson, a Navy flier, is killed in an auto accident in 1938; he awakens in…
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The Door into Summer
Electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Door into Summer highest: The Door into Summer 4.0 · For us, the living 3.4.
- The Door into Summer has the widest readership — 29232 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| For us, the living | The Door into Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (3755) | 4.0 (29232) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (19) | 3.8 (122) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (21) | 4.5 (88) |
Reception
| For us, the living | The Door into Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3755 | 29232 |
| Editions | 11 | 49 |
| Citations | — | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1750 | 12674 |
| Reading it now | 334 | 639 |
| Written reviews | 357 | 1723 |
| Wikipedia attention | 386 | 2534 |
| Pages | 263 | 159 |