How long does it take to read Time and Stars?
Time and Stars by Poul Anderson takes about 3 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 47 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 206 pages, about 56,650 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Time and Stars (1964) is a wonderful collection of short works by one of the greats, Poul Anderson. Anderson is best known for hard science fiction novels such as Tau Zero (1970) as well as fast paced pulp adventures exemplified by his Dominic Flandry (à la James Bond in space) sequence which he started in the 50s. Only one of the six shorts in the collection was subpar -- Escape from Orbit' (1962) - which did not rise above the traditional we need to rescue some stranded astronauts plot. All the others -- for example, Hugo winning novella and well-told tale of a balkanized American Pacific coast No Truce of Kings' (1963), the fantastic evolved mechanical life forms in Epilogue' (1962), and the wit of The Critique of Impure Reason' (1962) -- make the collection worthwhile for fans of classic science fiction (and obviously, fans of Poul Anderson). The novella `Epilogue' is the best of Anderson's works.
Subjects: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Anthology, English Short stories, Fiction, general
