Singularity sky vs Slant: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Twenty-first century, Artificial Intelligence, Fiction
Singularity sky
In a technologically suppressed future, information demands to be free in the debut novel from Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross.In the twenty-first century, life as we know it changed. Faster-than-light…
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Slant
Greg Bear is the acclaimed winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has written many books and short stories that have been praised by readers and critics alike. Earth, in the sixth decade of the twenty-first…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Singularity sky has the widest readership — 16305 ratings behind its score.
- Singularity sky runs the darker storyline; Slant stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Singularity sky | Slant | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (16305) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (136) | 3.6 (8) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (126) | 3.5 (6) |
Reception
| Singularity sky | Slant | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16305 | 8 |
| Editions | 12 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 11805 | — |
| Reading it now | 496 | — |
| Written reviews | 669 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1292 | 143 |
| Pages | 337 | 350 |