How long does it take to read The Dragon in the Sea?
The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert takes about 3 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1654. 201 pages, about 55,275 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From back cover Del Rey paperback September 1978: FOUR MEN Were on board the atomic subtug Fenian Ram S1881. They were on a mission to steal vitally needed oil from underwater deposits in enemy territory -- a mission from which none of the last twenty tugs had returned... FOUR MEN Fighting a war a mile and half under the ocean, isolated by the unrelenting pressure of the water and by their own hellish fears... FOUR MEN Who knew everything they had to know about one another -- except which one of them was the saboteur who could destroy them all!
Subjects: Oil industries, Nuclear submarines, Fiction, Science fiction, Submarines (Ships), American Science fiction
