I, Robot vs The Lost World: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
I, Robot
“I looked at my notes and I didn't like them.”
I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction…
4 film adaptations
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The Lost World
“The Santa Fe Institute was housed in a series of buildings on Canyon Road which had formerly been a convent, and the Institute's seminars were held in a room which had served as a chapel.”
The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel Jurassic Park. It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate I, Robot highest: I, Robot 4.2 · The Lost World 3.9.
- I, Robot is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Lost World.
- I, Robot has the widest readership — 389169 ratings behind its score.
- I, Robot has the bigger screen life — 4 adaptations on record.
- I, Robot runs the darker storyline; The Lost World stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| I, Robot | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (389169) | 3.9 (189979) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (1450) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (792) | 4.5 (1563) |
Reception
| I, Robot | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 389169 | 189979 |
| Editions | 99 | 78 |
| Film adaptations | 4 | 1 |
| Want to read | 304938 | 70216 |
| Reading it now | 10206 | 7097 |
| Written reviews | 13496 | 9225 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16028 | 19677 |
| Pages | 220 | 393 |