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Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Eando Binder, Robert Bloch, H. L. Gold, Don A. Stuart, Lester del Rey, John Taine, L. Sprague De Camp, Henry Kuttner, Milton A. Rothman, Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Nelson Bond, Joseph E. Kelleam, William Temple, Jack Williamson, Willard E. Hawkins, Fritz Leiber, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, Oscar Jerome Friend, Harry Bates, P. Schuyler Miller, A. E. van Vogt, C. L. Moore

The Golden Years of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Eando Binder, Robert Bloch, H. L. Gold, Don A. Stuart, Lester del Rey, John Taine, L. Sprague De Camp, Henry Kuttner, Milton A. Rothman, Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Nelson Bond, Joseph E. Kelleam, William Temple, Jack Williamson, Willard E. Hawkins, Fritz Leiber, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, Oscar Jerome Friend, Harry Bates, P. Schuyler Miller, A. E. van Vogt, C. L. Moore takes about 13 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 13 hours 15 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1983. 723 pages, about 198,825 words.

27 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 22 hours 6 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 13 hours 15 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 8 hours 17 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

I, Robot - short story by Otto Binder (variant of "I, Robot" 1939) [as by Eando Binder] The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton - short story by Robert Bloch Trouble with Water - short story by H. L. Gold Cloak of Aesir - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart] The Day Is Done - short story by Lester del Rey The Ultimate Catalyst - novelette by John Taine The Gnarly Man - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp Black Destroyer - novelette by A. E. van Vogt Greater Than Gods - novelette by C. L. Moore Trends - short story by Isaac Asimov The Blue Giraffe - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp The Misguided Halo - short story by Henry Kuttner Heavy Planet - short story by Milton A. Rothman Life-Line - short story by Robert A. Heinlein Ether Breather - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Pilgrimage - novelette by Nelson S. Bond Rust - short story by Joseph E. Kelleam The Four-Sided Triangle - novelette by William F. Temple (variant of The 4-Sided Triangle) Star Bright - novelette by Jack Williamson Misfit - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Dwindling Sphere - short story by Willard Hawkins [as by Willard E. Hawkins] The Automatic Pistol - short story by Fritz Leiber Hindsight - short story by Jack Williamson Postpaid to Paradise - short story by Robert Arthur Into the Darkness - novelette by Ross Rocklynne Dark Mission - short story by Lester del Rey It - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon Vault of the Beast - novelette by A. E. van Vogt The Impossible Highway - short story by Oscar J. Friend Quietus - short story by Ross Rocklynne Strange Playfellow - short story by Isaac Asimov The Warrior Race - short story by L. Sprague de Camp Farewell to the Master - novelette by Harry Bates Butyl and the Breather - short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Exalted - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp Old Man Mulligan - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller

Subjects: American Science fiction, English Science fiction

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