How long does it take to read Prelude to Foundation?
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov takes about 8 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Foundation series
Next: Forward the Foundation
About 8 hours 4 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 440 pages, about 121,000 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Voici une occasion tant pour ceux qui ont lu les cinq volumes du cycle ##Fondation## d'en constater la prȟistoire, que pour ceux qui ne les ont pas lus d'inaugurer la lecture d'un des chefs-d'oeuvre de la science-fiction contemporaine. [SDM].
Subjects: American Science fiction, Psychohistory, Psychohistory in fiction, Fiction, Science fiction, Life on other planets in fiction
