Reading Level
What is the reading level of Prelude to Foundation?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Prelude to Foundation is 7th and 8th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Prelude to Foundation
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 14 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
9 hrs 15 mins
How long to read Prelude to Foundation?
The estimated word count of Prelude to Foundation is 138,725 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 9 hrs 15 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 15 hrs 25 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 9 mins.
| Prelude to Foundation - 138,725 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 15 hrs 25 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 9 hrs 15 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 5 hrs 9 mins |
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More about Prelude to Foundation
138,725 words
Word Count
for Prelude to Foundation
448 pages
Pages
14 hours and 55 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONIt is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall—those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire . . . the man who holds the key to the future—an apocalyptic power to be known forever after as the Foundation. Read more