How long does it take to read The Compass Rose?
short stories
The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 5 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours
A weekend read
First published 1982. 273 pages, about 75,075 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twenty stories written by the author over the past decade with a wide range of tone and subjects.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
