How long does it take to read Burning Chrome?
Burning Chrome by William Gibson takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Sprawl trilogy
Previous: Johnny Mnemonic Next: Neuromancer
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Burning Chrome collects Gibson's early short fiction from the late 70's and early 80's. Contents: Preface / by Bruce Sterling -- Johnny Mnemonic -- The Gernsback continuum -- Fragments of a hologram rose -- The belonging kind / by John Shirley and William Gibson -- Hinterlands -- Red star, winter orbit / by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson -- New Rose Hotel -- The winter market -- Dogfight / by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson -- Burning chrome.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Science fiction, American, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, Virtual reality, Fiction
