How long does it take to read The Shockwave Rider?
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This 1975 book pretty much nailed the contradictions inherent in global networking, long before the network was created. It's full of wiretapping spooks, genius kids, networked churches, fake identities, network worms, encryption, nonprofits that outfox the spooks to help society, the works.
Subjects: Science fiction, Nickie Haflinger (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Nickie Haflinger (Fictitous character), English Science fiction
