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Author · born 16 December 1928 · died 2 March 1982

Philip K. Dick books: page counts

8 books by Philip K. Dick with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
8
with page data
Longest
384
Minority Report
Shortest
208
Ubik

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Ubik (1969)208Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974)231Valis (1981)256A Scanner Darkly (1999)254The Man in the High Castle (1999)249The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (2004)233Minority Report (2005)384Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (2007)210
Ubik (1969)208Flow My Tears, the P…231Valis (1981)256A Scanner Darkly (19…254The Man in the High …249The three stigmata o…233Minority Report (200…384Do Androids Dream of…210
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Ubik1969208160–3013 h 40 min
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said1974231204–3774 h 04 min
Valis1981256227–2724 h 31 min
A Scanner Darkly1999254189–2914 h 29 min
The Man in the High Castle1999250236–2884 h 24 min
The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch2004233191–3124 h 06 min
Minority Report2005384304–4006 h 46 min
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?2007210120–2813 h 42 min

Reading all 8 takes about 35 h 42 min at average speed (2,026 pages).

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).