How long does it take to read Machines That Think?
Isaac Asimov, Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg, Ambrose Bierce, John Wyndham, Harl Vincent, Harry Bates, Robert Moore Williams, Lester del Rey, A. E. van Vogt, Harlan Ellison, Murray Leinster, Poul Anderson, Walter M. Miller Jr., Jesse F. Bone, Harry Harrison, Michael Shaara, Philip K. Dick, Gordon R. Dickson, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, John Brunner, Frederic Brown, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, George Zebrowski
Machines That Think by Isaac Asimov, Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg, Ambrose Bierce, John Wyndham, Harl Vincent, Harry Bates, Robert Moore Williams, Lester del Rey, A. E. van Vogt, Harlan Ellison, Murray Leinster, Poul Anderson, Walter M. Miller Jr., Jesse F. Bone, Harry Harrison, Michael Shaara, Philip K. Dick, Gordon R. Dickson, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, John Brunner, Frederic Brown, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, George Zebrowski takes about 11 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 627 pages, about 172,425 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Moxon's Master - short story by Ambrose Bierce The Lost Machine - novelette by John Wyndham Rex - short story by Harl Vincent Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) Farewell to the Master - novelette by Harry Bates Robot's Return - short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return) Though Dreamers Die - novelette by Lester del Rey Fulfillment - novelette by A. E. van Vogt Runaround - novelette by Isaac Asimov I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - short story by Harlan Ellison (some editions) The Evitable Conflict - novelette by Isaac Asimov A Logic Named Joe - short story by Murray Leinster Sam Hall - novelette by Poul Anderson I Made You - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr. [as by Walter M. Miller] Triggerman - short story by J. F. Bone War with the Robots - short story by Harry Harrison Evidence - novelette by Isaac Asimov 2066: Election Day - short story by Michael Shaara If There Were No Benny Cemoli - novelette by Philip K. Dick The Monkey Wrench - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dial F for Frankenstein - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Dial "F" for Frankenstein 1965) The Macauley Circuit - short story by Robert Silverberg Judas - short story by John Brunner Answer - short story by Fredric Brown The Electric Ant - short story by Philip K. Dick The Bicentennial Man - novelette by Isaac Asimov Long Shot - short story by Vernor Vinge Alien Stones - novelette by Gene Wolfe Starcrossed - short story by George Zebrowski
Subjects: Science fiction, American, American Science fiction, Computers, Robots, Fiction, Science fiction