How long does it take to read Nightflyers?
Nightflyers by George R. R. Martin takes about 3 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 3 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 216 pages, about 59,400 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The crew of the starship Nightflyer is heading into the outer reaches of known space in search of a legendary alien race known as the volcryn. The mission is led by Karoly d'Branin and the ship captained by the mysterious Royd Eris, who appears only as a hologram who drifts among them, sometimes playing chess with the beautiful and brilliant warrior, Melantha Jhirl. Soon the explorers begin to feel they are being watched. Macabre accidents befall them one by one. Is there someone else on board? Royd won't say. And there is no turning back: the volcryn are near...
Subjects: Fiction, Science fiction, Space ships, Murder, American Science fiction
