How long does it take to read The Urth of the New Sun?
The sequel to 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe takes about 6 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of The Book of the New Sun
Previous: Shadow & Claw
About 6 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 372 pages, about 102,300 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 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sequel to: The book of the new sun. Severian, the Autarch of Urth, leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die.
Subjects: Science fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fantasy, Severian (Fictitious character), Fiction
