Nightflyers
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best Novella
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story
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Our view
“Nightflyers” is an eerie, compact novella that crosses a space voyage with a ghost story. The prose reads easily, and the dark, tense mood holds once the story is under way. Some readers find the opening crowded with characters and unfamiliar terms, and the ending short on resolution. It suits readers curious about George R. R. Martin’s science fiction.
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About the book
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by American writer George R. R. Martin, released as a short novella in 1980 and as an expanded novella in 1981. A short story collection of the same name was released in 1985 that includes the expanded novella. In 1987, the short novella was adapted into a film by the same name. A 2018 television adaptation of the extended novella was developed. It premiered on December 2, 2018, on the SyFy Channel, and was cancelled after a single season in February 2019.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 82 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 82 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Nightflyers?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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