How long does it take to read The Abyss?
The Abyss by Orson Scott Card takes about 6 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 367 pages, about 100,925 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: ON THE PLANET EARTH IS A REALM MORE AWESOME THAN OUTER SPACE Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a U.S. nuclear submarine mysteriously spins out of control. When a U.S. Navy SEAL team and the crew of DEEPCORE -- an underwater oil drilling station -- dive down to investigate, they are trapped at the edge of a vast underwater trench. Now, as the world above stands poised on the brink of nuclear destruction, they prepare to enter....
Subjects: Nuclear warfare, Fiction, Nuclear submarines, Fiction, general
