How long does it take to read Footfall?
Footfall by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle takes about 9 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 532 pages, about 146,300 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet Earth.
Subjects: Life on other planets, Fiction, Science fiction, American Science fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, Human-alien encounters
