Lord Kelvin's machine vs The Greyfriar: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Lord Kelvin's machine Lord Kelvin's machine James P. Blaylock · 1992 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 262 pages · ≈ 4 h 51 m · Moderate

World-renowned scientist-explorer Langdon St. Ives and his faithful man-servant Hasbro return again to confront the diabolical hunchback Dr. Ignacio Narbondo in a new adventure involving no less than the salvation of…

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Cover of The Greyfriar The Greyfriar Clay Griffith · 2010 ★★★★☆ 3.8 303 pages · ≈ 5 h 37 m · Moderate

In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two…

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Lord Kelvin's machineThe Greyfriar
Goodreads 3.5 (446) —
Hardcover 4.0 (1) 3.8 (28)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)

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Lord Kelvin's machineThe Greyfriar
Ratings 446 28
Editions 5 4
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 567 —
Reading it now 14 —
Written reviews 45 —
Wikipedia attention 92 —
Pages 262 303

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