How long does it take to read Orn?
Orn by Piers Anthony takes about 4 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 247 pages, about 67,925 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: Three humans and an extraordinary alien creature in a quest across the fave of a counter-earth in turmoil: Cal is a wise and courageous old man whose courage overcomes his wisdom in a deadly encounter with a towering and majestic monster. Veg is a strong and sensitive man whose total loyalty to the exploration team is fearfully tested in the wilds of the killer planet. Aquilon is a beautiful your woman, an artist and an adventurer, who forms a strange and beautiful friendship with a creature who cannot speak to her. Orn is a great, powerful and lethal bird -- a bird with a subtle and fascinating alien intelligence and a surprising and unique purpose in existence.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Prehistoric animals, Fiction, Space exploration, Aliens (Non-humanoid), Fiction, science fiction, general
