How long does it take to read Darwinia?
A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson takes about 6 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 372 pages, about 102,300 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters. To some, the Miracle is an act of divine retribution; to others, it is an opportunity to carve out a new empire. Leaving an America now ruled by religious fundamentalists, young Guilford Law travels to Darwinia on a mission of discovery that will take him further than he can possibly imagine... to a shattering revelation about mankind's destiny in the universe.
Subjects: Imaginary histories, Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, alternative history, Utopias
