Titan
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Our view
“Titan” opens John Varley’s Gaea trilogy with a richly imagined alien world and a genuine mystery at its heart. A scientific team from Earth, sent to Saturn’s moons, discovers extraterrestrial life and is soon drawn into its riddles. Some readers wish the book came with maps of its vast setting, and find the pace uneven and the graphic sex scenes beside the point. The novel also lays the groundwork for the rest of the trilogy.
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About the book
Titan is a science fiction novel by American writer John Varley, the first book in his Gaea Trilogy, published in 1979. It won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and was nominated for both the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1979, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1980. It imagines a visit to Saturn's satellites by a scientific team from Earth who are soon enwrapped in a mystery after they discover extraterrestrial life.
Reading order · Gaea trilogy
Full order & progress →- TitanThis book
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 63 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 30% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 63 | 100% |
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