How long does it take to read The Toynbee Convector?
The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 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 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The Toynbee Convector" is a science fiction short story. First published in Playboy magazine in 1984, the story was subsequently featured in a 1988 short story collection also titled The Toynbee Convector. Bradbury presents 23 enthralling tales in which the wondrous and the unexpected are revealed in hidden facets of the real. A stunning collection of the kind of fiction that has only one source: the unparalleled Ray Bradbury.
Subjects: Short stories, Horror stories, Science fiction stories, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
