Red Shift vs The Crossroads of Time: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space and time, Time Travel, Fiction
Red Shift
The lives of three young men in three different periods of British history converge and each influences the destiny of the others.
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The Crossroads of Time
First published in 1958, Andre Norton's The Time Traders fuses Cold War espionage with archaeological romance and speculative adventure. Its protagonist, Ross Murdock, a delinquent recruited into a covert government…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Crossroads of Time has the widest readership — 841 ratings behind its score.
- The Crossroads of Time runs the darker storyline; Red Shift stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Red Shift | The Crossroads of Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (841) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (10) | 4.5 (2) |
Reception
| Red Shift | The Crossroads of Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10 | 841 |
| Editions | 11 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 408 |
| Reading it now | — | 6 |
| Written reviews | — | 38 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1483 | 93 |
| Pages | 181 | 176 |