Neveryóna vs Tales of Nevèrÿon: Which Should You Read?
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Neveryóna
Neveryona or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four (Return to Neveryon, Vol 2) Pryn, who can write in the largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village…
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Tales of Nevèrÿon
A group of interrelated stories taking place in an ambiguous distant past setting that on the surface resembles sword-and-sorcery. As always, Delany works his magic by drawing you in with vivid sensory immediacy, and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Tales of Nevèrÿon is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Neveryóna.
- Tales of Nevèrÿon has the widest readership — 11 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Neveryóna | Tales of Nevèrÿon | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (11) |
Reception
| Neveryóna | Tales of Nevèrÿon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 11 |
| Editions | 12 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 394 | 432 |
| Pages | 399 | 264 |