How long does it take to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Previous: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Next: Life, the Universe and Everything
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 92 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the settings of the book.
Subjects: Fiction, Humorous fiction, humorous stories, Interplanetary voyages, Restaurants, Science Fiction
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