Reading Level
What is the reading level of Hold Up the Sky?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Hold Up the Sky is 9th and 10th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Hold Up the Sky
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
8 hrs 20 mins
How long to read Hold Up the Sky?
The estimated word count of Hold Up the Sky is 124,775 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 8 hrs 20 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 13 hrs 52 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 38 mins.
| Hold Up the Sky - 124,775 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 13 hrs 52 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 8 hrs 20 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 4 hrs 38 mins |
- Authors
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Cixin Liu
More about Hold Up the Sky
124,775 words
Word Count
for Hold Up the Sky
336 pages
Pages
13 hours and 25 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physicas to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself.Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction's most visionary writers. Experience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection.Stories included are:ContractionFull Spectrum Barrage JammingThe Village TeacherFire in the EarthTime MigrationOde to joyCloud of PoemsMirrorSea of DreamsCloud of PoemsThe Thinker