How long does it take to read In the Ocean of Night?
In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford takes about 6 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Galactic Center Saga
Next: Across the Sea of Suns
About 6 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 333 pages, about 91,575 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover Warner paperback February 2004: 2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the comet, he instead discovers that it is actually the shell of a derelict space probe -- a wreck with just enough power to emit a single electronic signal... 2034: Then a reply is heard. Searching for the source of this signal that comes from outside the solar system, Nigel discovers the existence of a sentient ship. When the new vessel begins to communicate directly with him, the astronaut learns of the horrors that await humanity. For the ship was created by an alien race that has spent billions and billions of years searching for intelligent life... to annihilate it.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, Human-alien encounters, Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects
