Galaxies Like Grains of Sand vs The silver metal lover: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Galaxies Like Grains of Sand Galaxies Like Grains of Sand Brian W. Aldiss · 1960 ★★★★☆ 3.7 189 pages · ≈ 3 h 30 m · Moderate

From the back cover: THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE The moon is a nuclear bonfire, smouldering for 100,000 years after the war to end all wars. Robot slaves toil away at a starved planet, unaware that the masters they…

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Cover of The silver metal lover The silver metal lover Tanith Lee · 1981 ★★★★☆ 3.8 216 pages · ≈ 4 h 00 m · Moderate

Jane feels adrift in the upper class of her dystopian society until she meets a robot built for pleasure she suspects is more than the sum of his parts. Can a girl truly love a machine? And can the machine love her back?

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Galaxies Like Grains of SandThe silver metal lover
Goodreads 3.7 (768) —
Hardcover 4.0 (1) 3.8 (18)
Apple Books — 4.0 (16)

Reception

Galaxies Like Grains of SandThe silver metal lover
Ratings 768 18
Editions 11 7
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 862 —
Reading it now 58 —
Written reviews 89 —
Wikipedia attention 188 —
Pages 189 216

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