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Book · by Stanisław Lem · first published 2005

How many pages is The Futurological Congress?

The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem has a median of 149 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 149 to 158 pages.

Median pages
149
7 editions counted
Range
144–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
41k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Futurological Congress take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

14015016019801990200020101974: 149 pages1975: 149 pages1977: 160 pages1985: 160 pages1985: 149 pages1991: 156 pages2017: 144 pagesmedian 149
140150160198020001974: 149 pages1975: 149 pages1977: 160 pages1985: 160 pages1985: 149 pages1991: 156 pages2017: 144 pagesmedian 149
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Books, Limited–144OL28643254M
1991MandarinPaperback156OL7965943M
1985Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers–160OL29130103M
1985Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–149OL3025142M
1977Orbitpaperback160OL27305304M
1975Secker & Warburg–149OL20950277M
1974Seabury Press–149OL5050789M

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Questions

How many pages is The Futurological Congress?
About 149 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read The Futurological Congress?
About 2 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Futurological Congress?
Roughly 41,000 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)).