How long does it take to read The Voyage of the Space Beagle?
A. E. van Vogt, Bruce Jensen
The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt, Bruce Jensen takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 199 pages, about 54,725 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 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One of the great original classics of modern SF returns! An all-time classic space saga, The Voyage of the Space Beagle is one of the pinnacles of Golden Age SF, an influence on generations of stories. An episodic novel filled with surprises and provocative ideas, this is the story of a great exploration ship sent out into the unknown reaches of space on a long mission of discovery. They encounter several terrifying alien species, including the Ix, who lay their eggs in human bodies, which then devour the humans from within when they hatch. This is one of the most entertaining and gripping stories in all of classic SF.
Subjects: Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, science fiction, general, Life on other planets, Extraterrestrial beings
