How long does it take to read The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate?
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang takes about 1 hour 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 31 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2007. 83 pages, about 22,825 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This story concerns a Baghdad merchant. Mr. Chiang says the story was inspired in part by the work of physicist Kip Thorne. (forward in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
Subjects: Fiction
