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					Originally Posted by  Zigûr
					 
				 
				A quick calculation suggests that all three extended editions back to back would be about 8 hours and 50 minutes, while Rob Inglis' reading is 11 hours 8 minutes. So maybe a speedy read. 
This site, however, suggests that a silent reading of the book is definitely faster than watching the non-extended editions, although this was approximating the length of the third film.  
			
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 Note that that site's "winner" (shortest time to read vs watching) is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" which is 
a short story that was made into a feature... and "The Hobbit" is still in third place.