How long does it take to read The Road to Infinity?
The Road to Infinity by Isaac Asimov takes about 3 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Previous: Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright Next: The Sun Shines Bright
About 3 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 217 pages, about 59,675 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Essays, reprinted from the Magazine of fantasy and science fiction, Oct. 1977 - Feb. 1979. "The Subtlest Difference" (October 1977) "The Sons of Mars Revisited" (November 1977) "Dark and Bright" (December 1977) "The Real Finds Waiting" (January 1978) "The Lost Art" (February 1978) "Anyone For Tens?" (March 1978) "The Floating Crystal Palace" (April 1978) "By Land and By Sea" (May 1978) "We Were the First that Ever Burst" (June 1978) "Second to the Skua" (July 1978) "Rings and Things" (August 1978) "Countdown" (September 1978) "Toward Zero" (October 1978) "Fifty Million Big Brothers" (November 1978) "Where is Everybody?" (December 1978) "Proxima" (January 1979) "The Road to Infinity" (February 1979)
Subjects: Science, Astronomy, Popular works, Mathematics, Science, popular works, Mathematics, popular works
