Edison's conquest of Mars vs The Naked Sun: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American literature, Science Fiction, Fiction
Edison's conquest of Mars
The original sequel to HG Wells War of the Worlds as written by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Mentioned multiple times by rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard in his diaries as one of the sources…
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The Naked Sun
On the remote planet Solaria the first murder for two hundred years has been committed. The Solarians are Spacers with a civilisation based on robots instead of slaves - and some pretty weird taboos and phobias. Into…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Naked Sun highest: The Naked Sun 4.2 · Edison's conquest of Mars 2.9.
- Edison's conquest of Mars is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The Naked Sun.
- The Naked Sun has the widest readership — 65721 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Edison's conquest of Mars | The Naked Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 2.8 (267) | 4.2 (65721) |
| Hardcover | 2.7 (3) | 4.1 (439) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 4.5 (455) |
Reception
| Edison's conquest of Mars | The Naked Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 267 | 65721 |
| Editions | 57 | 53 |
| Citations | — | 42 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 227 | 22783 |
| Reading it now | 38 | 1354 |
| Written reviews | 69 | 2818 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2989 |
| Pages | 119 | 293 |