How long does it take to read Earthborn?
Earthborn by Orson Scott Card takes about 7 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 53 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 430 pages, about 118,250 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On board a starship above Earth, Shedemai sleeps. As lone survivor of the Children of Wetchik, the Oversoul periodically wakes her to watch over her descendants. Despite years of searching, the Oversoul still hasn't located the Keeper of Earth; the only thing that can repair it's damaged programming.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, epic, Life on other planets, Fiction, Artificial intelligence
