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How long does it take to read Plants of the Gods?

Richard Evans Schultes

Plants of the Gods by Richard Evans Schultes takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1979. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The world's most renowned authorities on the botany and chemistry of hallucinogens have produced an exhaustive study of psychoactive flora. The properties of the plants and the use made of them by man are examined and detailed by botanist Richard Evans Schultes and chemist Albert Hofmann. Their text is accompanied by many illustrations, over a hundred of which are in color.

Subjects: Hallucinogenic plants, Ethnobotany, Utilization, Hallucinogens, Medicinal Plants, Toxic Plants

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