How long does it take to read The Tower and the Hive?
The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey takes about 6 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 6 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 369 pages, about 101,475 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With their goals of peace and prosperity close at hand, the Rowan's descendants face the looming destruction of all they have suffered to achieve.
Subjects: Fiction, Exploration, Planets, Telepathy, Space colonies, Science Fiction
