Book · by Arthur C. Clarke · first published 1986
How many pages is The Songs of Distant Earth?
The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke has a median of 241 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 238 to 288 pages.
How long will The Songs of Distant Earth take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | HarperCollins | – | 238 | OL19124642M |
| 1987 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 336 | OL24220126M |
| 1987 | Grafton | Paperback | 238 | OL22574205M |
| 1987 | Ballantine Books | – | 319 | OL15009815M |
| 1986 | Grafton | – | 182 | OL18863433M |
| 1986 | Ballantine Books | – | 241 | OL17576485M |
| 1986 | Ballantine Books | – | 256 | OL2545014M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Songs of Distant Earth?
- About 241 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 182 to 336 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Songs of Distant Earth?
- About 4 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is The Songs of Distant Earth?
- Roughly 66,000 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)).