How long does it take to read The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction?
Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, Frederic Brown, Theodore Sturgeon, C. L. Moore, A. Bertram Chandler, T. L. Sherred, Jack Williamson
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, Frederic Brown, Theodore Sturgeon, C. L. Moore, A. Bertram Chandler, T. L. Sherred, Jack Williamson takes about 9 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 23 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1989. 512 pages, about 140,800 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Introduction / by Isaac Asimov -- Time wants a skeleton / by Ross Rocklynne -- The weapons shop / by A. E. van Vogt -- Nerves / by Lester del Rey -- Daymare / by Fredric Brown -- Killdozer! / by Theodore Sturgeon -- No woman born / by C. L. Moore -- The big and the little / by Isaac Asimov -- Giant killer / by A. Bertram Chandler -- E for effort / by T. L. Sherred -- With folded hands / by Jack Williamson.
Subjects: American Science fiction, American fiction, Science fiction, Science fiction, american
