How long does it take to read Magicats!?
Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Stephen King, Pamela Sargent, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ron Goulart, Henry Slesar, Byron Liggett, Terry Carr, Carol Carr, Knox Burger, Edward Bryant, Gary Jennings, Gene Wolfe, Manly Wade Wellman, John Crowley, Randall Garrett, Michael Swanwick, Jaime Martijn
Magicats! by Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Stephen King, Pamela Sargent, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ron Goulart, Henry Slesar, Byron Liggett, Terry Carr, Carol Carr, Knox Burger, Edward Bryant, Gary Jennings, Gene Wolfe, Manly Wade Wellman, John Crowley, Randall Garrett, Michael Swanwick, Jaime Martijn takes about 4 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 264 pages, about 72,600 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber -- The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith -- The cat from hell / Stephen King -- Out of place / Pamela Sargent -- Schrödinger's cat / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Groucho / Ron Goulart -- My father, the cat / Henry Slesar -- The cat man / Byron Liggett -- Some are born cats / Terry and Carol Carr -- The cat lover / Knox Burger -- Jade Blue / Edward Bryant -- Tom cat / Gary Jennings -- Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee / Gene Wolfe-- The witch's cat / Manly Wade Wellman -- Antiquities / John Crowley -- A little intelligence / Randall Garrett -- The cat / Gene Wolfe -- Afternoon at Schrafft's / Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick.
Subjects: fiction, Fiction, general
