The Hydrogen Sonata
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About this book
Suspected of involvement after the Regimental High Command is destroyed as they prepared to go to a new level of existence called Sublime, Lieutenant Commander Vyr Cossont must find a nine-thousand-year-old man to clear her name.
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 305 readers · 522 pages · ≈ 9 h 40 m · Moderate
What order should I read the Culture series series?
Read The Hydrogen Sonata first, then follow the publication order above — Surface Detail.
How long does it take to read The Hydrogen Sonata?
About ≈ 9 h 40 m — 522 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Hydrogen Sonata?
522 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Hydrogen Sonata?
It sits on the Spy Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Is The Hydrogen Sonata in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Hydrogen Sonata?
Iain Banks.
Culture series — reading order
- → The Hydrogen Sonata (2012) you are here
- 1 Surface Detail (2010)