How long does it take to read Choose Your Own Adventure - The Third Planet from Altair?
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Third Planet from Altair by Edward Packard takes about 1 hour 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1979. 96 pages, about 26,400 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The reader, en route to the third planet from Altair to seek the source and meaning of extraterrestrial messages, is given choices to make determining the course of the spaceship and the survival of its crew. (reissued as Message from Space; also released as Exploration Infinity)
Subjects: Science fiction, Plot-your-own stories, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction