The Fountains of Paradise
Classic · Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
The Fountains of Paradise
1979 · 257 pages · Fiction
69.6Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Hugo Award winner (1980) and 1 more win.
By the numbers
69.6Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics80 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller21 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #126 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #197 of the 461 fantasy books we rank
- #396 of the 763 classics we rank
- #1343 of the 2,819 books we rank
Won
- Hugo Award winner (1980)
- Nebula Award winner (1979)
Reads as
Adventurous, Thought-provoking
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