All the Birds in the Sky
- 382
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Nebula Award for Best Novel
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Our view
“All the Birds in the Sky” is an unusual blend of science fiction and fantasy that works best as the story of two people. A witch and a tech prodigy slowly learn how much loyalty to magic or science has narrowed them, while the world edges toward disaster. Some readers praise the central relationship and the pull of the plot. Worth trying when the genre has begun to feel familiar.
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About the book
All the Birds in the Sky is a 2016 science fantasy novel by American writer and editor Charlie Jane Anders. It is her debut speculative fiction novel and was first published in January 2016 in the United States by Tor Books. The book is about a witch and a "techno-geek", their troubled relationship, and their attempts to save the world from disaster. The publisher described the work as "blending literary fantasy and science fiction".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 378 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 72% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 20 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 358 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is All the Birds in the Sky?
It has 382 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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