Player Piano vs Who Goes There?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
Player Piano
Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut -…
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Who Goes There?
A remote scientific research expedition at the North Pole is invaded by a monstrous alien, reawakened after lying frozen for centuries after a crash-landing. The alien is intelligent, cunning and a shape-changer who…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Player Piano has the widest readership — 65751 ratings behind its score.
- Player Piano runs the darker storyline; Who Goes There? stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Player Piano | Who Goes There? | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (65751) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (235) | 3.5 (71) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (3) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (172) | 4.0 (52) |
Reception
| Player Piano | Who Goes There? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 65751 | 71 |
| Editions | 70 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 54732 | — |
| Reading it now | 3260 | — |
| Written reviews | 3994 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6373 | 14747 |
| Pages | 322 | 230 |