The Long Cosmos vs The Wreck of the River of Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space flight, Science Fiction, Fiction
The Long Cosmos
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The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence knows as…
The Wreck of the River of Stars
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Winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, "a far-future, spacefaring universe packed with action. . . . is good challenging reading" (Booklist).In the days of the great sailing ships, in the mid-twenty-first century, when…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Long Cosmos highest: The Long Cosmos 3.9 · The Wreck of the River of Stars 3.6.
- The Wreck of the River of Stars has the widest readership — 644 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| The Long Cosmos | The Wreck of the River of Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (644) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (89) | 2.6 (7) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (70) | — |
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Reception
| The Long Cosmos | The Wreck of the River of Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 89 | 644 |
| Editions | 16 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 876 |
| Reading it now | — | 72 |
| Written reviews | — | 103 |
| Wikipedia attention | 658 | 318 |
| Pages | 448 | 480 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Long Cosmos or The Wreck of the River of Stars?
The Long Cosmos has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Long Cosmos 3.9/5, The Wreck of the River of Stars 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Long Cosmos or The Wreck of the River of Stars?
The Long Cosmos is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Long Cosmos (448 pages, ≈ 8 h 18 m); The Wreck of the River of Stars (480 pages, ≈ 8 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: The Long Cosmos or The Wreck of the River of Stars?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Long Cosmos: Moderate; The Wreck of the River of Stars: Moderate.