How long does it take to read Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder?
David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, John M. Ford, Suzette Haden Elgin, Robin McKinley, Ursula K. Le Guin, Osbert Stiwell, Johannes Bobrowski, Anne McCaffrey, Rudy Rucker, Avram Davidson, Jack Finney, Margaret St. Clair, Murilo Rbiao, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Patricia A. McKillip, Peter S. Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, James Tiptree, Jr., E. T. A. Hoffmann, Graham Greene, John Brunner, Jack Vance
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, John M. Ford, Suzette Haden Elgin, Robin McKinley, Ursula K. Le Guin, Osbert Stiwell, Johannes Bobrowski, Anne McCaffrey, Rudy Rucker, Avram Davidson, Jack Finney, Margaret St. Clair, Murilo Rbiao, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Patricia A. McKillip, Peter S. Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, James Tiptree, Jr., E. T. A. Hoffmann, Graham Greene, John Brunner, Jack Vance takes about 12 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1989. 656 pages, about 180,400 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A rich & varied collection of the best short fantasy fiction of the last two centuries. Escape into the fantastic worlds of Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie, Graham Greene, Harlan Ellison, and others found in these 38 magical tales.
Subjects: Fantasy, Short stories, Anthologies, Littérature fantastique, Fantasy fiction
