Dark intelligence vs Triplanetary: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Human-alien encounters, Space Warfare, Fiction
Dark intelligence
After awakening one hundred years after his death at the hands of a haywire AI, Thorvald Spear vows revenge on the machine intelligence and marshalls Isobel Satomi, former criminal and part AI herself, to his cause.
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Triplanetary
Lensman series, Book 1 of 7 Even back before the first bits of this story hit the newsstands, the folks who published it in Amazing Stories (January through April, 1934) knew they were on to something special. "We are…
The verdict
- Readers rate Dark intelligence highest: Dark intelligence 4.1 · Triplanetary 3.7.
- Triplanetary is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Dark intelligence.
- Triplanetary has the widest readership — 7678 ratings behind its score.
- Dark intelligence runs the darker storyline; Triplanetary stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Triplanetary
≈ 5h vs 7h for Dark intelligence
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Dark intelligence
4.1 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
Dark intelligence
Moderate vs Challenging for Triplanetary
In the mood for something dark?
Dark intelligence
a darker storyline than Triplanetary
Want something lighter?
Triplanetary
an easier tone than Dark intelligence
Scores by source
| Dark intelligence | Triplanetary | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (7010) | 3.7 (7678) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (83) | 3.1 (11) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (7) |
Reception
| Dark intelligence | Triplanetary | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7010 | 7678 |
| Editions | 6 | 67 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 6842 | 5461 |
| Reading it now | 477 | 885 |
| Written reviews | 467 | 572 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 701 |
| Pages | 412 | 272 |