#139 in Science fiction
Spin
- 492
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Hugo Award for Best Novel
- Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel
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About the book
Spin is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer Robert Charles Wilson. It was published in 2005 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. It is the first book in the Spin trilogy, with Axis published in 2007 and Vortex published in July 2011.
Reading order · Spin trilogy
Full order & progress →- SpinThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Axis
7.47.4 / 10 - Vortex
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 417 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 33 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 384 | 92% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Very interesting and unique premise. Much more focused on characters and their interpersonal relationships than the science part of the science fiction. All in all, well worth the read, but leaves several key plot lines unfinished, as you would expect for the first book in…”
“I had never heard of this author, and never heard of this book until I was perusing Goodreads and found the best Sci-Fi of the 20th century and this book was in the top 20 (or there around). I would highly recommend this to any fan of Sci-Fi.”
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How long is Spin?
It has 492 pages — longer than 64% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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