How long does it take to read The Ophiuchi Hotline?
The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley takes about 4 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 237 pages, about 65,175 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 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Earth has been taken over by bizarre beings, and Man has made a new life on other planets, a strange life made possible by information provided by beings from Ophiuchi.
Subjects: Science fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general
