How long does it take to read Lucifer's Hammer?
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle takes about 11 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 43 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1977. 639 pages, about 175,725 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978. The story details a cometary impact on Earth, an end to civilization, and the battle for the future. It encompasses the discovery of the comet, the LA social scene, and a cast of diverse characters whom fate seems to smile upon and allow to survive the massive cataclysm and the resulting tsunamis, plagues, famines and battles amongst scavengers and cannibals.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, End of the world, Fiction
