How long does it take to read To Hold Up the Sky?
To Hold Up the Sky by Cixin Liu takes about 6 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 362 pages, about 99,550 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 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collection of imaginative science fiction by Cixin Liu, translated from Chinese. Stories included are: * The Village Teacher * The Time Migration * 2018-04-01 * Fire In The Earth * Contraction * Mirror * Ode To Joy * Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming * Sea of Dreams * Cloud of Poems * The Thinker
Subjects: Chinese Science fiction, Chinese Short stories, The Future, Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / Military, Technological innovations