How long does it take to read Children Of The Lens?
Children Of The Lens by E. E. "Doc" Smith takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Children of the Lens is the sixth and concluding volume of the six classic Lensman books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written. Twenty years have passed since the events portrayed in Second Stage Lensman. To Kimball Kinnison and his wife Clarrissa have been born five children Kit, the eldest, and two sets of twin sisters. These are the 'Children of the Lens' the offspring of uncounted generations of selected matings. The most capable, the most brilliant minds in the universe. Their job is the conclusion of the Boskonian war, and how they accomplish this end and gain ultimate victory makes up the greater part of the book.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Life on other planets
