How long does it take to read The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]?
Robert Silverberg, H. L. Gold, L. Sprague De Camp, C. L. Moore, Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish, Jack Vance, Margaret St. Clair, Theodore Sturgeon, Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Peter S. Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, Philip K. Dick, Clifford D. Simak, Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny, Lucius Shepard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ted Chiang
The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories] by Robert Silverberg, H. L. Gold, L. Sprague De Camp, C. L. Moore, Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish, Jack Vance, Margaret St. Clair, Theodore Sturgeon, Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Peter S. Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, Philip K. Dick, Clifford D. Simak, Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny, Lucius Shepard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ted Chiang takes about 10 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 562 pages, about 154,550 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Trouble with water / H.L. Gold -- Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp -- Fruit of knowledge / C.L. Moore -- Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges -- Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher -- Small assassin / Ray Bradbury -- Lottery / Shirley Jackson -- Our fair city / Robert A. Heinlein -- There shall be no darkness / James Blish -- Loom of darkness / Jack Vance -- Man who sold rope to the gnoles / Margaret St. Clair -- Silken-swift / Theodore Sturgeon -- Golem / Avram Davidson -- Operation afreet / Poul Anderson -- That hell-bound train / Robert Bloch -- Bazaar of the bizarre / Fritz Leiber -- Come lady death / Peter S. Beagle -- Drowned giant / J.G. Ballard -- Narrow valley / R.A. Lafferty -- Faith of our fathers / Philip K. Dick -- Ghost of a Model T / Clifford D. Simak -- Demoness / Tanith Lee -- Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison -- Detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe -- Unicorn variations / Roger Zelazny -- Basileus / Robert Silverberg -- Jaguar Hunter / Lucius Shepard -- Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson -- Tower of Babylon / Ted Chiang.
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Fantasy fiction