How long does it take to read Seveneves?
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson takes about 15 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 47 minutes
A long haul
First published 2015. 861 pages, about 236,775 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . . Five thousand years later, their progeny--seven distinct races now three billion strong--embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth" --
Subjects: Survival, Exploration, Disasters, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Space colonies
