How long does it take to read 2312?
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson takes about 10 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 569 pages, about 156,475 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them"--
Subjects: FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, Space colonies, Fiction, Extraterrestrial anthropology
