How long does it take to read The Solar System and Back?
The Solar System and Back by Isaac Asimov takes about 4 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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About 4 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 250 pages, about 68,750 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 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of science essays for the lay reader originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1959 to 1969. "Nothing" (March 1959) "The First Metal" (December 1967) "The Seventh Metal" (January 1968) "The Predicted Metal" (February 1968) "The Seventh Planet" (March 1968) "The Dance of the Sun" (April 1968) "Backward, Turn Backward—" (May 1968) "Counting Chromosomes" (June 1968) "Little Lost Satellite" (July 1968) "The Terrible Lizards" (August 1968) "The Dying Lizards" (September 1968) "Little Found Satellite" (October 1968) "The Planetary Eccentric" (November 1968) "View from Amalthea" (December 1968) "The Dance of the Satellites" (January 1969) "Uncertain, Coy, and Hard to Please" (February 1969) "Just Right" (March 1969) "The Incredible Shrinking People" (April 1969)
Subjects: Essays, Science Essays, Astronomy, Chemistry, Genetics, Science
