How long does it take to read Raising the Stones?
Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper takes about 8 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 32 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 465 pages, about 127,875 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When the human settlers arrived on Hobbs Land, the native intelligent specvies, the Owlbrit, were already almost extinct. Before the last one died, a few years later, the humans had learned a little of their language, their ideas and theirb religion. It seemed the natural thing for the settlers to maintain the last Owlbrit temple, with the strange statue that was its God. When when that God died - disintegrating overnight - it seemed equally natural to start preparing its replacement. Maire Manone came to Hobbs Land to escape the harsh patriachal religion of Voorstod, but Voorstod hasn't forgotten her - or forgiven her. But the men who arrive on Hobbs Land to find and return Maire to her homeland haven't taken Hobbs Land's God into account ...
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, Science fiction, American
