# Space Station 1

Space Station 1 by Frank Belknap Long has 50,066 words.

## At a glance

1957 novel by Frank Belknap Long.

- **Author:** [Frank Belknap Long](https://musael.com/books/authors/frank-belknap-long.md) (1901–1994)
- **First published:** 1957
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 50,066
- **Reading time:** 3 h 20 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 23 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 10 min | 9 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 20 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 47 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

Space Station 1 is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50290

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 50,066
- Dialogue: 28% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 13.7 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50290 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134279691
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL37766011W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50290

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/space-station-1