How long does it take to read Creations?
Isaac Asimov, George Zebrowski, Martin H. Greenberg, James E. Gunn, Steven Weinberg, Stanislaw Lem, Clifford D. Simak, Gregory Benford, Laurence Manning, Brian W. Aldiss, A. E. van Vogt, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond Z. Gallun, Eric Frank Russell, H. G. Wells, Chad Oliver, Theodore L. Thomas, Richard McKenna, Ian Watson
Creations by Isaac Asimov, George Zebrowski, Martin H. Greenberg, James E. Gunn, Steven Weinberg, Stanislaw Lem, Clifford D. Simak, Gregory Benford, Laurence Manning, Brian W. Aldiss, A. E. van Vogt, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond Z. Gallun, Eric Frank Russell, H. G. Wells, Chad Oliver, Theodore L. Thomas, Richard McKenna, Ian Watson takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 351 pages, about 96,525 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Imagine (excerpt from The Listeners) - short fiction by James E. Gunn Genesis 1: 1-19 (excerpt) - from the Bible The First One-Hundredth Second (excerpt from The First Three Minutes) - essay by Steven Weinberg Project Genesis - short story by Stanisław Lem (trans. of Podróż osiemnasta) [as by Stanislaw Lem] The Creator - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Exposures - short story by Gregory Benford The Crucial Asymmetry - essay by Isaac Asimov The Living Galaxy - short story by Laurence Manning Non-Isotropic - short story by Brian W. Aldiss The Song of Creation - poem from Hindu Rg-Veda Kindergarten - short story by James E. Gunn The Seesaw - short story by A. E. van Vogt Heathen God - short story by George Zebrowski The Sun's Family (excerpt from Broca's Brain) - essay by Carl Sagan Genesis 1:20-25 (excerpt) - from the Bible Experiment (excerpt: chapter 38 of 2001: A Space Odyssey) - short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke Seeds of the Dusk - novelette by Raymond Z. Gallun The Threat of Creationism - essay by Isaac Asimov The Cosmic Connection - essay by Carl Sagan Genesis 1:26-31 and Genesis 2:1-25 (excerpt) - from the Bible First Person Singular - novelette by Eric Frank Russell The Grisly Folk - essay by H. G. Wells Transfusion - novelette by Chad Oliver The Doctor - short story by Theodore L. Thomas The Ugly Little Boy - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn) Mine Own Ways - short story by Richard McKenna A Letter from God - short story by Ian Watson
Subjects: Cosmogony, Literary collections, Creation
