How long does it take to read The Listeners?
James E. Gunn, James Gunn
The Listeners by James E. Gunn, James Gunn takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After fifty-one long years of patient waiting, the message has finally arrived. They have dedicated their lives to trying to decipher the eerie silence that resounds from space and now there is finally a sound after decades of quiet. In the beginning there is a hail of celebration, the Project has finally produced results, but then the questions begin. What does the message mean? Could it be 'we come in peace' or 'get ready for world domination'? The message's intended meaning baffles Earth. Only one man has the power to make that decision and it could mean intergalactic warfare if he makes the wrong choice. Director MacDonald holds the fate of Earth, the universe and the project dedicated to answering the questions that have plagued humanity for centuries in his hands. Will he make the correct choice?
Subjects: Life on other planets, Fiction, Science Fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
