How long does it take to read Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky?
Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein takes about 8 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 464 pages, about 127,600 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: The Man Who Sold The Moon D.D. Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of Space for All Mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars... Orphans of the Sky Hugh had been taught that, according to the sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood that this was allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation. But then he discovered the truth....
Subjects: American Science fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, Fiction, science fiction, general, Interplanetary voyages
