How long does it take to read A Choice of Catastrophes?
The Disasters That Threaten Our World
A Choice of Catastrophes by Isaac Asimov takes about 6 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 377 pages, about 103,675 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Examines various kinds of potential disasters that threaten the existence of life on Earth, including changes in the sun or other parts of the universe, man-made destruction, and changes within the Earth.
Subjects: Popular works, Natural disasters, Astronomy, Forecasts, Twenty-first century, Disasters
