How long does it take to read Science Fiction A to Z?
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh, Tom Godwin, Roger Zelazny, Alan Dean Foster, Richard Matheson, Fredric Brown, L. Sprague De Camp, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Christopher Anvil, Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Brian W. Aldiss, G. Harry Stine, Andre Norton, Gordon R. Dickson, Ed Mcbain, William F. Nolan, Eric Frank Russell, Robert F. Young, Katherine MacLean, Joseph Willard Schutz, Anne McCaffrey, Jack Sharkey, Ray Bradbury, Piers Anthony, H. G. Wells, Steven Utley, Howard Waldrop, Rog Phillips, Harlan Ellison, Charles L. Fontenay, Alexei Panshin, H. L. Gold, Raymond E. Banks, James E. Gunn, Fred Saberhagen, Bob Shaw, Richard E. Peck, Theodore Sturgeon, Chad Oliver, George H. Smith, Jerome Bixby, Suzette Haden Elgin, Clifford D. Simak, William Sambrot, Harry Harrison, A. Bertram Chandler, L. J. Stecher Jr., Theodore Cogswell
Science Fiction A to Z by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh, Tom Godwin, Roger Zelazny, Alan Dean Foster, Richard Matheson, Fredric Brown, L. Sprague De Camp, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Christopher Anvil, Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Brian W. Aldiss, G. Harry Stine, Andre Norton, Gordon R. Dickson, Ed Mcbain, William F. Nolan, Eric Frank Russell, Robert F. Young, Katherine MacLean, Joseph Willard Schutz, Anne McCaffrey, Jack Sharkey, Ray Bradbury, Piers Anthony, H. G. Wells, Steven Utley, Howard Waldrop, Rog Phillips, Harlan Ellison, Charles L. Fontenay, Alexei Panshin, H. L. Gold, Raymond E. Banks, James E. Gunn, Fred Saberhagen, Bob Shaw, Richard E. Peck, Theodore Sturgeon, Chad Oliver, George H. Smith, Jerome Bixby, Suzette Haden Elgin, Clifford D. Simak, William Sambrot, Harry Harrison, A. Bertram Chandler, L. J. Stecher Jr., Theodore Cogswell takes about 11 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1982. 651 pages, about 179,025 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dictionaries - essay by Isaac Asimov Too Soon to Die - novelette by Tom Godwin A Museum Piece - short story by Roger Zelazny Why Johnny Can't Speed - short story by Alan Dean Foster Man in a Quandary - short story by Joseph Wesley [as by L. J. Stecher, Jr.] The Cabbage Patch - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell A Touch of Grapefruit - short story by Richard Matheson Answer - short story by Fredric Brown A Gun for Dinosaur - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber The Odor of Thought - short story by Robert Sheckley The Last Monster - short story by Poul Anderson (variant of Terminal Quest) History Lesson - short story by Arthur C. Clarke The Troublemaker - short story by Christopher Anvil The Game of Rat and Dragon - short story by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] Let's Be Frank - short story by Brian W. Aldiss The Easy Way Out - short story by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] All Cats Are Gray - short story by Andre Norton The Man from Earth - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dream Damsel - short story by Evan Hunter The Underdweller - short story by William F. Nolan (variant of Small World) Top Secret - short story by Eric Frank Russell One Love Have I - short story by Robert F. Young The Snowball Effect - short story by Katherine MacLean The Santa Claus Problem - short story by J. W. Schutz The Ship Who Sang - novelette by Anne McCaffrey No Harm Done - short story by Jack Sharkey There Will Come Soft Rains - short story by Ray Bradbury In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony In the Abyss - (1896) - short story by H. G. Wells Custer's Last Jump - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop Game Preserve - short story by Rog Phillips Life Hutch - short story by Harlan Ellison The Silk and the Song - novelette by Charles L. Fontenay Down to the Worlds of Men - novelette by Alexei Panshin Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) The Man with English - short…
Subjects: American Science fiction, English Science fiction, Science fiction
