About This Book
Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. "The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 3m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 48m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 8m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 86,900 words📅 12 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 48 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 26 min
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9 h 39 min
Audio 2x
4 h 50 min
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- 📅12 days reading 30 min/day
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