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This Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel is reissued in this trade paperback edition. Vannemar Morgan's dream of linking Earth with the stars requires a 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. Inc...
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7h 17m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 15m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 45m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 78,650 wordsπ
11 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 15 min
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5 h 50 min
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8 h 44 min
Audio 2x
4 h 22 min
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