Now Wait for Last Year vs Son of Man: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Fiction
Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is set in 2055, when Earth is caught between two galactic powers in an interstellar conflict. Dr. Eric Sweetscent and his wife…
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Son of Man
1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novel IN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing…
The verdict
- Readers rate Now Wait for Last Year highest: Now Wait for Last Year 3.9 · Son of Man 3.4.
- Now Wait for Last Year has the widest readership — 8154 ratings behind its score.
- Now Wait for Last Year runs the darker storyline; Son of Man stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Now Wait for Last Year | Son of Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (8154) | 3.4 (599) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (38) | 2.6 (5) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Now Wait for Last Year | Son of Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8154 | 599 |
| Editions | 14 | 14 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7889 | — |
| Reading it now | 188 | — |
| Written reviews | 470 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 771 | 2815 |
| Pages | 227 | 212 |