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How long does it take to read The Sirian Experiments?

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Doris Lessing

The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 3 of Canopus in Argos

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About 5 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1980. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 48 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

viii, 288 p. ; 20 cm

Subjects: Science fiction, Fiction, general

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