How long does it take to read The Masterharper of Pern?
The Masterharper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 12 of Dragonriders of Pern
Previous: Dragonseye Next: Runner of Pern
About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 432 pages, about 118,800 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a time when the deadly scourge Thread has not fallen on Pern for centuries--and many dare to hope that Thread will never fall again--a boy is born to Harper Hall. A musical prodigy who has the ability to speak with the dragons, he is called Robinton, and he is destined to be one of the most famous and beloved leaders Pern has ever known. It is a perilous time for the harpers who sing of Thread--they are being turned away from holds, derided, attacked, even beaten. In this climate of unrest, Robinton will come into his own. But despite the tragedies that beset his own life, he continues to believe in music and in the dragons, and he is determined to save his beloved Pern from itself--so that the dragonriders can be ready to fly against the dreaded Thread when at last it returns . . .
Subjects: Dragons, Fiction, Life on other planets, Pern (Imaginary place), Space colonies, Fiction, fantasy, epic
