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How many pages is The Fall of Hyperion?

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons has a median of 517 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 480 to 525 pages.

Median pages
517
6 editions counted
Range
468–560
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
142k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Fall of Hyperion take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
9 h 07 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

500550199019952000200520101990: 517 pages1991: 517 pages1991: 468 pages1991: 468 pages1995: 528 pages2012: 560 pagesmedian 517
5005501990200020101990: 517 pages1991: 517 pages1991: 468 pages1991: 468 pages1995: 528 pages2012: 560 pagesmedian 517
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Orion Publishing Group, Limited–560OL28461742M
1995SpectraMass Market Paperback528OL7824891M
1991Bantam–517OL24975267M
1991Headline–468OL21367645M
1991Headline–468OL21462696M
1990Doubleday–517OL2214392M

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Questions

How many pages is The Fall of Hyperion?
About 517 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 468 to 560 pages.
How long does it take to read The Fall of Hyperion?
About 9 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is The Fall of Hyperion?
Roughly 142,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).