It takes the average reader 8 hours and 33 minutes to read Slow Apocalypse by John Varley
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Despite wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America’s addiction—a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid. But he didn’t consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field would spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world… In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario from a retired U.S. Marine and government insider who acted as a consultant on Dave’s last film. It sounded as implausible as many of his...
Slow Apocalypse by John Varley is 498 pages long, and a total of 128,484 words.
This makes it 168% the length of the average book. It also has 157% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 42 minutes to read Slow Apocalypse aloud.
Slow Apocalypse is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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