How long does it take to read Infinity's Shore?
booktwo of a new uplift trilogy
Infinity's Shore by David Brin takes about 11 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 44 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 640 pages, about 176,000 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin's trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit, Infinity's Shore carries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written.For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.From the Paperback edition.
Subjects: Life on other planets in fiction, Life on other planets, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Pioneers
