How long does it take to read SSN?
SSN by Tom Clancy takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The "forgotten Clancy novel," SSN is a complete submarine warfare novel with maps, photos, and a special interview with Tom Clancy and former submarine commander Doug Littlejohns America is at war! China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly islands. The American response has been swift - and deadly. And the Third World War has begun... Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the USS Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine that thas been dispached to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne's mission - and the world - willchange, as a tense situation explodes into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions. SSN is a compelling blend of military fact and fiction - a submarine combat thriller complete with stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it really could happen... Based upon the compter simulation game.
Subjects: Submarine warfare, Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles, Fiction, technological, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, war & military
