How long does it take to read Forbidden Knowledge?
the gap into vision
Forbidden Knowledge by Stephen R. Donaldson takes about 8 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Gap Cycle
Previous: The Real Story Next: A Dark and Hungry God Arises
About 8 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 445 pages, about 122,375 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From first page Bantam paperback August 1992: FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE Beautiful, brilliant, and dangerous, Morn Hyland is an ex-police officer for the United Mining Companies -- and the target of two ruthless, powerful men. One is the charismatic ore-pirate Nick Succorso, who sees Morn as booty wrested from his vicious rival, Angus Thermopyle. Thermopyle once made the mistake of underestimating Morn and now he's about to pay the ultimate price. Both men think they can possess her, but Morn is no one's trophy -- and no one's pawn. Meanwhile, within the borders of Forbidden Space, wait the Amnion, an alien race capable of horrific atrocities. The Amnion want something unspeakable from humanity -- and they will go to unthinkable lengths to get it.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general
