How long does it take to read Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy?
Gardner Dozois, Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly, Stanley Schmidt, Jane Yolen, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, John Barnes, Norman Spinrad, Ian Randal Strock, Connie Willis, Robert A. Heinlein, Sheila Williams, Tina Lee
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy by Gardner Dozois, Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly, Stanley Schmidt, Jane Yolen, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, John Barnes, Norman Spinrad, Ian Randal Strock, Connie Willis, Robert A. Heinlein, Sheila Williams, Tina Lee takes about 4 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 264 pages, about 72,600 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twenty essays on writing science fiction and fantasy by leading speculative fiction writers. An enjoyable and informative read. On the Writing of Speculative Fiction - Robert A. Heinlein Living the Future: You Are What You Eat - Gardner Dozois Plotting - Isaac Asimov Dialog - Isaac Asimov You and Your Characters - James Patrick Kelly Seeing Your Way to Better Stories - Stanley Schmidt Turtles All the Way Down - Jane Yolen Learning to Write Comedy or Why It's Impossible and How to Do It - Connie Willis Good Writing is Not Enough - Stanley Schmidt The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The World Builder's Handbook and Pocket Companion - Poul Anderson The Creation of Imaginary Beings - Hal Clement How to Build a Future - John Barnes Building a Starfaring Age - Norman Spinrad The Ideas That Wouldn't Die - Stanley Schmidt The Mechanics of Submission - Sheila Williams Revisions - Isaac Asimov Writing for Young People - Isaac Asimov New Writers - Isaac Asimov Authors vs. Editors - Stanley Schmidt Market Resources - Ian Randal Strock
Subjects: Science fiction, Authorship, Fantasy fiction, fiction authorship, fiction technique, fiction anthologies & collections
