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Anne McCaffrey

The Ship Who ... is a series of 4 books by Anne McCaffrey: 890 pages in the 3 with a known length, about 16 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

4
books
890
pages in 3 of them
16 hours
to read those 3
33 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Ship Who Sang 1969 4.6 h
2 PartnerShip length not known
3 The Ship Who Searched 1992 5.7 h 5 The Ship Who Won 1994 6.1 h

Bar height shows length.

Not listed here yet: book 4.

The books

  1. 1

    The Ship Who Sang 1969 4.6 h

    From back cover of Del Rey paperback 1979: HELVA HAD BEEN BORN HUMAN ... but only her brain had been saved -- saved to be schooled, programmed and implanted in the sleek, titanium…

  2. 2

    PartnerShip length not known

  3. 3

    The Ship Who Searched 1992 5.7 h

    A young woman becomes paralyzed and must become a brainship—and find her Brawn, her human soul mate, so that she can discover a cure for her illness.

  4. 5

    The Ship Who Won 1994 6.1 h

    Carialle was born so physically disadvantaged that her only chance for life was as a shellperson.

How much is left

After book 1, The Ship Who Sang about 12 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 2, PartnerShip about 12 hours left
After book 3, The Ship Who Searched about 6 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 16 hours 19 minutes

3 of 4 books, 890 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.