How Long to Read A Brief History of the Recent Future

How Long Does it Take to Read A Brief History of the Recent Future?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read A Brief History of the Recent Future by David Manning

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

David Manning wrote A Brief History of the Recent Future in the mid 1970s with the idea of satirizing the present by forecasting the most bizarre imaginable future. The result was a verbally animated cartoon tracing the evolution of an apocalyptic conflict between proponents of ganic garbage vs those advocating ficial garbage as civilization's final energy resource. Along the way, the tale introduces such absurdities as a credit-system economy; the Bronx Sanitation Air Force; a 3,000-acre rubber-raft island named Carabia; a news toaster that burns headlines onto breakfast bread; and people...

How long is A Brief History of the Recent Future?

A Brief History of the Recent Future by David Manning is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Brief History of the Recent Future Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read A Brief History of the Recent Future aloud.

What Reading Level is A Brief History of the Recent Future?

A Brief History of the Recent Future is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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