Slant vs The Door into Summer: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Twenty-first century, Science Fiction, Fiction
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…
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The Door into Summer
Electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Door into Summer highest: The Door into Summer 4.0 · Slant 3.7.
- The Door into Summer is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Slant.
- The Door into Summer has the widest readership — 29232 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Slant | The Door into Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (29232) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (8) | 3.8 (122) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (6) | 4.5 (88) |
Reception
| Slant | The Door into Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 29232 |
| Editions | 15 | 49 |
| Citations | — | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 12674 |
| Reading it now | — | 639 |
| Written reviews | — | 1723 |
| Wikipedia attention | 143 | 2534 |
| Pages | 350 | 159 |