Stories of Your Life and Others vs The Dispossessed: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Fiction
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and…
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The Dispossessed
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Stories of Your Life and Others has the widest readership — 132051 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Stories of Your Life and Others | The Dispossessed | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (132051) | 4.3 (15473) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (987) | 4.2 (881) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (412) | — |
Reception
| Stories of Your Life and Others | The Dispossessed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 132051 | 15473 |
| Editions | 34 | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 166401 | 242459 |
| Reading it now | 16484 | — |
| Written reviews | 16321 | 15473 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6455 | 22377 |
| Pages | 316 | 352 |