It takes the average reader 11 hours and 39 minutes to read Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Grand Master of Science Fiction’s “monumental” epic continues as Helliconia nears its larger star—and a strange visitor joins its civilization (The Times, London). A handful of centuries on, Helliconia is close to the larger star in its binary system, and the Phagors have been driven into exile, but conflicting religions and hostility to science keep human civilization fragmented and constantly fighting wars over petty power and fertile land as a plague devastates populations. However, everything changes when a secret visitor from the observer satellite from Earth accepts a slow death in order to visit the planet and spend his time in the sunlight and open air. More than thirty years after the original publication of Helliconia Spring, the first volume of the Helliconia Trilogy, the series is newly available, now with a map, an afterword, and an introduction by the author.
Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss is 678 pages long, and a total of 174,924 words.
This makes it 229% the length of the average book. It also has 214% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 55 minutes to read Helliconia Summer aloud.
Helliconia Summer is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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