How long does it take to read Rocannon's World?
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 2 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Hainish Cycle
Previous: The Dowry of Angyar Next: Planet of Exile
About 2 hours 33 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1966. 139 pages, about 38,225 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world and finds that legends grow around him as he fights.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction
