About This Book
An "addictive volume" of amphetamine stories from William T. Vollmann, Sherman Alexie, and more ( Publishers Weekly). Speed is the most American of drugs: twice the productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It has reinvented itself many times, from miracle cure to biker-gang scou...
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Reading Time Estimates
4h 20m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 7m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 14m
fast reader
350 WPM
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Reading time
3 h 7 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
3 h 28 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
5 h 12 min
Audio 2x
2 h 36 min
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