How long does it take to read Year's Best SF?
Year's Best SF by David G. Hartwell takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Year's Best SF
Next: Year's Best SF 2
About 9 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 496 pages, about 136,400 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
WORLD-ALTERING SCIENCE FICTIONTales of wonder and adventure, set on distant planets or in the future of our ownStories that go beyond the limits of Space and Time David G. Hartwell has brought together only the best of this year's new SF from established pros and audacious newcomers, selecting only those that share the universal quality of great science fiction.Our familiar world will look a little less familiar after you read one.Includes storiesby:Joe HaldemanUrsula K. Le GuinRobert SilverbergRoper Zelazny
Subjects: Fiction, Science Fiction, Science fiction, american