How long does it take to read Lord Valentine's Castle?
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg takes about 8 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Majipoor series
Next: Majipoor Chronicles
About 8 hours 33 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 466 pages, about 128,150 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 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On the planet of Majipoor, Valentine struggles to reclaim his birthright when he realizes that he is the true Coronal, Lord Valentine, who has been drugged, physically altered, and replaced on the throne.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, Majipoor (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, Majipoor (Imaginary place), American Science fiction, American Fantasy fiction