Robots and Empire vs Time and Again: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Fiction
Robots and Empire
Esta quinta novela de la «Serie de los robots» supone un sensacional hito en la galaxia de ciencia ficción de Asimov y constituye la apasionante continuación del bestseller Los robots del amanecer . En Robots e imperio…
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Time and Again
“IN SHIRT-SLEEVES, the way I generally worked, I sat sketching a bar of soap taped to an upper corner of my drawing board.”
[Comment by Audrey Niffenegger, on The Guardian's website][1]: Time and Again is an original; there is nothing quite like it. It is the story of Si Morley, a commercial artist who is drawing a piece of soap one…
The verdict
- Readers rate Robots and Empire highest: Robots and Empire 4.2 · Time and Again 3.9.
- Time and Again is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 9 for Robots and Empire.
- Robots and Empire has the widest readership — 37527 ratings behind its score.
- Robots and Empire reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 54 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Robots and Empire | Time and Again | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (37527) | 3.9 (26159) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (273) | 3.7 (113) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (160) |
Reception
| Robots and Empire | Time and Again | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 37527 | 26159 |
| Editions | 26 | 12 |
| Citations | 54 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 19098 | 39378 |
| Reading it now | 575 | 2067 |
| Written reviews | 1440 | 3113 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2458 | 2367 |
| Pages | 507 | 399 |