How long does it take to read Foundation's Edge?
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov takes about 8 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 6 of Foundation series
Previous: Second Foundation Next: Foundation and Earth
About 8 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1977. 441 pages, about 121,275 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the defeat of the Mule by the Second Foundation, Terminus enjoys a period of prosperity and stability which is publicly attributed to the Seldon Plan, but which some feel is the work of the Second Foundation. A search is begun to determine if the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile, the Second Foundation finds that there is evidence of an independent force acting against the Mule to protect the Seldon Plan. A search is launched to determine what this force is and if it is a threat. The end result is a search for Earth (Terminus being the last planet settled by the galactic empire and Earth being the metaphoric opposite of first human planet settled). A final three way confrontation results in a fateful decision and an open question.
Subjects: Fiction, Psychohistory, Science fiction, Life on other planets, Hugo Award Winner, American fiction
