The Warship vs Xeelee: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space opera, Science Fiction, Fiction
The Warship
The haiman Orlandine, charged with safeguarding lethal Jain tech swirling inside an accretion disc located in the distant reaches of space, has weaponised a black hole to eliminate the threat. But others are suspicious…
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Xeelee
Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Warship highest: The Warship 4.3 · Xeelee 3.9.
- Xeelee is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 8 for The Warship.
- The Warship has the widest readership — 2970 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Warship | Xeelee | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (2970) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (45) | 4.0 (25) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (11) |
Reception
| The Warship | Xeelee | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2970 | 25 |
| Editions | 7 | 3 |
| Want to read | 1290 | — |
| Reading it now | 328 | — |
| Written reviews | 128 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 13716 |
| Pages | 480 | 352 |