How long does it take to read Nova Express?
Nova Express by William S. Burroughs takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Nova Trilogy
Previous: The Ticket That Exploded
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 179 pages, about 49,225 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this novel of future violence and corruption, the anarchic Nova Mob descends on humankind, while the Nova Police try to match them.
Subjects: Ciencia-ficción, Fiction, general, American Science fiction, Drug abuse, Fiction, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy