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How many pages is The Positronic Man?

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov has a median of 241 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 223 to 281 pages.

Median pages
241
6 editions counted
Range
204–374
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Positronic Man 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
4 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030019901992199419961992: 223 pages1992: 204 pages1993: 288 pages1993: 223 pages1993: 259 pages1994: 374 pagesmedian 241
20030019901992199419961992: 223 pages1992: 204 pages1993: 288 pages1993: 223 pages1993: 259 pages1994: 374 pagesmedian 241
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1994Curley Large Print–374OL1081881M
1993Pan Bks.–288OL17338687M
1993Pan Books–223OL17395068M
1993Doubleday–259OL1406813M
1992Gollancz–223OL19466358M
1992DoubledayHardcover204OL18706862M

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Questions

How many pages is The Positronic Man?
About 241 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 374 pages.
How long does it take to read The Positronic Man?
About 4 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Positronic Man?
Roughly 66,000 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)).