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How long does it take to read Looking for Jake?

China Miéville

Looking for Jake by China Miéville takes about 5 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2005. 303 pages, about 83,325 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 28 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Mieville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant young writer comes a groundbreaking collection of stories, many of them previously unavailable in the United States, and including four never-before-published tales--one set in Mieville's signature fantasy world of New Crobuzon. Among the fourteen superb fictions are"Jack"--Following the events of his acclaimed novel Perdido Street Station, this tale of twisted attachment and horrific revenge traces the rise and fall of the Remade Robin Hood known as Jack Half-a-Prayer. "Familiar"--Spurned by its creator, a sorceress's familiar embarks on a strange and unsettling odyssey of self-discovery in a coming-of-age story like no other.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Subjects: Fantasy fiction, English, English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, science fiction, general

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