How long does it take to read Farmer in the Sky?
Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Heinlein juveniles
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About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 221 pages, about 60,775 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Farmer In The Sky is a 1950 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a teenaged boy who emigrates with his family to Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which is in the process of being terraformed.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Scouting (Youth activity), Criticism and interpretation, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Coming of age
