How long does it take to read Tunnel in the Sky?
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Heinlein juveniles
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About 4 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1955. 272 pages, about 74,800 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a wonderful thought provoking book. Survival and the creation of initial social, community and even political themes are explored. A pivotal entry into my young mind. I still enjoy it today!
Subjects: society, Survival, political, Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, Science fiction
