How long does it take to read Space Cadet?
Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Heinlein juveniles
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About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 242 pages, about 66,550 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young man reports for the final tests for appointment as a cadet in the Interplanetary Patrol, survives the tests, studies in the school ship, and goes on a regular Patrol vessel and encounters danger on Venus.
Subjects: Science fiction, Juvenile fiction, American Science fiction, Space warfare, Fiction, Guerre spatiale
