How long does it take to read Empire of the Atom?
Empire of the Atom by A. E. van Vogt takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Clane series
Next: The Wizard of Linn
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1956. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Atom war had destroyed the world...History and records had been lost; the few war-shocked people who were left could not even recall what had started the atomic destruction. But even these desperate circumstances could not change the basic nature of man. Out of the still-smoking ruins came one who was stronger and more ruthless than most. And from his plans to rule the universe grew the seeds of the last great war of all-the one that would -- finally and forever -- wipe man off the face of Earth.
Subjects: Life on other planets, Fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
