How long does it take to read The Contact Has Begun?
Phillip H. Krapf
The Contact Has Begun by Phillip H. Krapf takes about 3 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 178 pages, about 48,950 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The maximum life span of a Verdant, thanks to technology, is 20,000 Earth years. They've been studying Earth, to access its preparedness in entering the Intergalactic Federation of Sovereign Planets, for 1,000 years.
Subjects: Alien abduction, Human-alien encounters
