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Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
262 pages2012
Fiction
About This Book
In the Retro Hugo Awardโnominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earthโat a grave price: "A first-rate tour de force" ( The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind's largest cities. They belong to the...
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6h 40m
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180 WPM
4h 48m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 26m
fast reader
350 WPM
๐ 72,050 words๐
10 days at 30 min/day
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