How long does it take to read Bloodchild and Other Stories?
Octavia E. Butler, Janina Edwards, consonni, Arrate Hidalgo, Nadia Barkate
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler, Janina Edwards, consonni, Arrate Hidalgo, Nadia Barkate takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Six remarkable stories from a master of modern science fiction. Octavia E. Butler's classic "Bloodchild," winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, anchors this collection of incomparable stories and essays. "Bloodchild" is set on a distant planet where human children spend their lives preparing to become hosts for the offspring of the alien Tlic. Sometimes the procedure is harmless, but often it is not. Also included is the Hugo Award - winning "Speech Sounds," about a near future in which humans must adapt after an apocalyptic event robs them of their ability to speak. In this audiobook, Butler shows us life on Earth and amongst the stars, telling her tales with characteristic imagination and clarity.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Fiction, Science fiction, American, Women, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Fiction, science fiction, short stories
