How long does it take to read Tales of the Dying Earth?
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance takes about 13 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2000. 752 pages, about 206,800 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jack Vance's 1964 novel, The Dying Earth, and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever. This omnibus volume comprised all four books in the series: "The Dying Earth" "The Eyes of the Overworld" "Cugel's Saga" "Rialto the Marvellous"
Subjects: American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
