How long does it take to read Galaxy?
thirty years of innovative science fiction
Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, William Morrison, Jerome Bixby, Margaret St. Clair, Alan Arkin, Zenna Henderson, Cordwainer Smith, Judith Merril, Algis Budrys, Jim Harmon, Allan Danzig, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, James Tiptree, Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, R. A. Lafferty, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Cyril M. Kornbluth, John Varley, Alfred Bester, H. L. Gold, Genevieve Collins Linebarger
Galaxy by Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, William Morrison, Jerome Bixby, Margaret St. Clair, Alan Arkin, Zenna Henderson, Cordwainer Smith, Judith Merril, Algis Budrys, Jim Harmon, Allan Danzig, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, James Tiptree, Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, R. A. Lafferty, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Cyril M. Kornbluth, John Varley, Alfred Bester, H. L. Gold, Genevieve Collins Linebarger takes about 8 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 32 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 465 pages, about 127,875 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Horace L. Gold - essay by Frederik Pohl Gold on Galaxy - essay by H. L. Gold Coming Attraction - short story by Fritz Leiber To Serve Man - short story by Damon Knight Memoir (To Serve Man) - essay by Damon Knight Betelgeuse Bridge - short story by William Tenn From a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town — A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years - essay by William Tenn [as by Philip Klass] Cost of Living - short story by Robert Sheckley Memoir of Galaxy Magazine - essay by Robert Sheckley The Model of a Judge - short story by William Morrison Memoir (The Model of a Judge) - essay by William Morrison The Holes Around Mars - short story by Jerome Bixby Memoir (The Holes Around Mars) - essay by Jerome Bixby Horrer Howce - short story by Margaret St. Clair Memoir (Horrer Howce) - essay by Margaret St. Clair People Soup - short story by Alan Arkin Memoir (People Soup) - essay by Alan Arkin Something Bright - short story by Zenna Henderson The Lady Who Sailed the Soul - novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith] The Deep Down Dragon - short story by Judith Merril Memoir (The Deep Down Dragon) - essay by Judith Merril Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - novelette by Algis Budrys Memoir: Spilled Milk - essay by Algis Budrys The Place Where Chicago Was - novelette by Jim Harmon Memoir (The Place Where Chicago Was) - essay by Jim Harmon The Great Nebraska Sea - short story by Allan Danzig Memoir (The Great Nebraska Sea) - essay by Allan Danzig Oh, to Be a Blobel! - novelette by Philip K. Dick Memoir (Oh, To Be a Blobel!) - essay by Philip K. Dick Founding Father - short story by Isaac Asimov Memoir (Founding Father) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Introduction to Founding Father 1968) Going Down Smooth - short story by Robert Silverberg Memoir (Going Down Smooth) - essay by Robert Silverberg All the Myriad Ways - short story by Larry Niven Memoir (All the Myriad Ways) - essay by Larry Niven The Last Flight of Dr. Ain - short story by James…
Subjects: American Science fiction, Galaxy magazine, Indexes, Science fiction, history and criticism, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general
