Book · by Samuel R. Delany
How many pages is Babel-17?
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany has a median of 192 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 170 to 221 pages.
How long will Babel-17 take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Vintage | – | 336 | OL7426387M |
| 2001 | Vintage Books | – | 219 | OL3943930M |
| 1987 | Gollancz | – | 193 | OL18632266M |
| 1977 | – | – | 162 | OL58623710M |
| 1977 | Sphere | paperback | 158 | OL27273104M |
| 1976 | Gregg Press | – | 158 | OL4882024M |
| 1974 | ace books, inc. | – | 226 | OL58644694M |
| 1969 | Sphere | – | 162 | OL43084599M |
| 1967 | Gollancz | – | 192 | OL18691308M |
| 1967 | Gollancz | – | 192 | OL21844463M |
| 1967 | Gollancz | – | 192 | OL4981489M |
| 1966 | Ace Books | Paperback | 173 | OL14829429M |
| 1966 | – | – | 258 | OL58585048M |
| 1966 | Ace Books, Inc. | – | 226 | OL58585044M |
| 1966 | Ace Books | – | 219 | OL59067499M |
| 1966 | Ace Books | – | 173 | OL22933921M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Babel-17?
- About 192 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 158 to 336 pages.
- How long does it take to read Babel-17?
- About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Babel-17?
- Roughly 53,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
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)).