How long does it take to read Slant?
Slant by Greg Bear takes about 8 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 22 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 456 pages, about 125,400 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Greg Bear is the acclaimed winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has written many books and short stories that have been praised by readers and critics alike. Earth, in the sixth decade of the twenty-first century, is a planet transformed by rapid technological advances. Nanotechnology has been refined and perfected, allowing people the ability to transform their bodies and environments on a cellular level. Artificial intelligence has become a reality and the study of the human mind and its capabilities has brought about a revolution in the practices of psychotherapy and analysis. The world should be a saner place than it was at the beginning of the new millennium. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth…
Subjects: Artificial intelligence, Fiction, Science Fiction, Twenty-first century, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, suspense
