How Long to Read The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2

How Long Does it Take to Read The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 by Gregory Benford

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An unabridged collection spotlighting the "best of the best" hard science fiction stories published in 2017 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster. In "Shadows of Eternity," by Gregory Benford, a student investigates enigmatic SETI recordings from probes sent to nearby stars despite her teachers' admonishments to stick to the curriculum. An alien robot offers to help save Earth as war and pollution ravage the last of the survivors on the planet in "The Chatter of Monkeys," by Bond Elam. In "Acadie," by Dave Hutchinson, the first humans still, even after five hundred years, hunt across the stars for their augmented children who have left Earth in search of paradise. The crew of an exploratory starship finds an icy moon that might harbor life in "Canoe," by Nancy Kress. In "The Use of Things," by Ramez Naam, an astronaut struggles to survive after being jolted free from an asteroid while on a solitary prospecting mission. A problem with the local birds threatens the rebuilding of Bikini Island as sea-levels rise due to global warming in "The Proving Ground," by Alec Nevala-Lee. In "Holdfast," by Alastair Reynolds, a genmod human soldier faces off with an alien warrior in the inhospitable terrain of a superjovian planet. A Russian astronaut, gathering debris in near-Earth space, must make tough moral choices when asked to carry out a special mission in "Vanguard 2.0," by Carter Scholz. And finally, after a terrorist attack, a technically dead fish farmer gets a new body and second chance at life as an experimental super soldier, in "ZeroS," by Peter Watts.

How long is The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2?

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 by Gregory Benford is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2?

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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