The Crossroads of Time vs The Defiant Agents: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space and time, Time Travel, Fiction
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…
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The Defiant Agents
Synopsis - Ancestral memory – Travis Fox, once the unwilling captive of the runaway spaceship Galactic Derelict, has volunteered – eagerly this time – for the mission to colonize Topaz. But when he and his fellow…
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; The Defiant Agents stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Crossroads of Time | The Defiant Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (841) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 3.9 (4) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (74) |
Reception
| The Crossroads of Time | The Defiant Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 841 | 74 |
| Editions | 13 | 43 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 408 | — |
| Reading it now | 6 | — |
| Written reviews | 38 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 93 | 107 |
| Pages | 176 | 184 |