The Android's Dream
- 400
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
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Our view
“The Android’s Dream” is a comic space caper about interstellar diplomacy that turns on finding one very rare sheep. Readers come to it for Scalzi’s humour and mostly get what they wanted: quick, clever, inventive fun. Some feel the story pulls in too many directions at once, and some who know his other work find little here that is new. A good palate-cleanser between heavier books, especially for those who already like the author.
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About the book
The Android's Dream is a 2006 science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 255 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 23 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 232 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Android's Dream?
It has 400 pages — shorter than 61% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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