How long does it take to read David Starr - Space Ranger?
David Starr - Space Ranger by Isaac Asimov takes about 3 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Lucky Starr series
About 3 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 168 pages, about 46,200 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From back cover Signet paperback December 1971: planet in turmoil! The Solar System had long ago been colonized by an Earth suffering from a dwindling food supply and a millionfold increase in population. The colonies were her very lifeblood. Without the daily flow of products from them, Earth would experience mass starvation and chaos within weeks. Suddenly and unexpectedly, reports of fatal food poisoning, traceable to Martian produce, began to reach the ruling Council of Science. Each new case was treated with intense secrecy for it the people of Earth learned the cause of these deaths, a worldwide panic would surely ensue. To David Starr, Space Ranger, these deadly incidents formed a terrifying pattern -- they were clearly part of a clever and brutal scheme by an alien conspiracy to cripple Earth's economic life and topple its government!
Subjects: Fiction, Aesthetics, Kurzgeschichte, American Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Juvenile fiction
