Crystal Singer
- 311
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Crystal Singer” is an Anne McCaffrey novel built around a fiercely ambitious heroine and a career that may cost more than it pays. After ten years of musical training, Killashandra Ree is left without prospects and turns to the secretive Heptite Guild on Ballybran, a planet few ever leave. Some readers enjoy the suspense and a heroine so openly driven by her work; others note that it clearly reads as science fiction of its era.
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About the book
The Crystal Singer, or Crystal Singer in the U.S., is a young adult, science fiction novel by American writer Anne McCaffrey, first published by Severn House in 1982. It features the transition by Killashandra Ree, a young woman who has failed as an operatic soloist, to the occupation of "crystal singer" on the fictional planet Ballybran. The novel is based on short stories written in 1974 and is the first book of Crystal universe series.
Reading order · Crystal Singer series
Full order & progress →- Crystal SingerThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - KillashandraKillashandra–Not ranked yet
- Crystal LineCrystal Line–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.0 | 6 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 60 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Crystal Singer?
It has 311 pages — shorter than 78% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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