How long does it take to read Galactic Patrol?
Galactic Patrol by E. E. "Doc" Smith takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Lensman series
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About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From back cover of Jove/HBJ paperback February 1979: terror from space The pirates of Boskone raided at will, menacing the whole structure of interstellar civilization. Masterminded by a super-scientist, their fleets outgunned even the mighty space cruisers of the Galactic Patrol. When lensman Kim Kinnison of the Patrol found the secret Boskonian base, it was impregnable to outside attack. But a single infiltrator might penetrate its defenses -- if he wanted to take on million-to-one odds! Kinnison took them -- with the future of the civilized Universe riding on his shoulders!
Subjects: Life on other planets, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction
