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How long does it take to read The Light Fantastic?

Terry Pratchett

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of Discworld

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About 4 hours 42 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1986. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 42 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes

The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

From the back cover: In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world....

Subjects: Fiction, Discworld (Imaginary place), Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Fantasy, Discworld (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general

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