How long does it take to read Image of the Beast?
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Image of the Beast by Philip José Farmer takes about 5 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 278 pages, about 76,450 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story follows Herald Childe, a private detective, who is sent a snuff film of his partner being murdered by what appears to be a vampire. His investigation into the identity of the killers leads him into a world of apparent monsters who have a predilection for brutal and supernatural sex. The monsters include vampires, werewolves, snake-women, and other undefined shape-changers.
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Fiction, horror, Pulp fiction, Private investigators, Fiction
