How long does it take to read The Golden Globe?
The Golden Globe by John Varley takes about 8 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 8 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1998. 471 pages, about 129,525 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From back cover Ace paperback September 1999: All the universe is a stage -- and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He makes his way from planet to planet as part of a motley theater troupe, bringing Shakespeare -- a version of it anyway -- to the outer reaches of Earth's solar system. Sparky can transform himself from young to old, fat to thin, even male to female, by altering magnetic implants beneath his skin. Indispensable hardware for a career actor -- and an interstellar con man wanted for murder...
Subjects: Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, Actors, Swindlers and swindling, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
