How long does it take to read A Scanner Darkly?
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick takes about 5 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 278 pages, about 76,450 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel takes place in a bleak version of Orange County, California, during a future June 1994, and draws on the author's own life. Bob Arctor shares a house with a group of drug users while secretly working as an undercover narcotics officer who has been told to watch his own household. Wearing a scramble suit to hide who he is from colleagues, he reviews surveillance recordings of the house. Meanwhile he becomes hooked on Substance D, a powerful drug, and his sense of self begins to fracture.
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Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Drug abuse, Fiction, Narcotic habit, Science Fiction, Stories without words
