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How long does it take to read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?

Philip K. Dick

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick takes about 4 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 14 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1974. 231 pages, about 63,525 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 4 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 14 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 39 minutes

The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story follows a genetically enhanced pop singer and television star who wakes up in a world where he has never existed. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia, where the United States has become a police state in the aftermath of a Second Civil War. It was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1974 and a Hugo Award in 1975, and was awarded the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1975. TV star Jason Taverner is no more. Overnight, he looses his ID cards, the records about him in the official databases have strangely vanished and no one seems to know him any more. Even the songs he recorded don’t exist any more. In an oppressing police state, Jason struggels not to get arrested.

Subjects: Fiction, Identity (Psychology), Science Fiction, Television personalities, Fiction, science fiction, general, FICTION / Science Fiction / General

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