How long does it take to read Fail-safe?
Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
Fail-safe by Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler takes about 5 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 285 pages, about 78,375 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The question of accidental war is examined in this novel about American planes which fly past the point of recall to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow.
Subjects: Nuclear accidents, Nuclear weapons, International relations, Juvenile fiction, Nuclear warfare, United States
