How Long to Read The Perversity of Things

How Long Does it Take to Read The Perversity of Things?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 29 minutes to read The Perversity of Things by Hugo Gernsback

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

Description

In 1905, a young Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg founded an electrical supply shop in New York. This inventor, writer, and publisher Hugo Gernsback would later become famous for launching the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926. But while science fiction’s annual Hugo Awards were named in his honor, there has been surprisingly little understanding of how the genre began among a community of tinkerers all drawn to Gernsback’s vision of comprehending the future of media through making. In The Perversity of Things, Grant Wythoff makes available texts by Hugo Gernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and the emergence of media studies. Wythoff argues that Gernsback developed a means of describing and assessing the cultural impact of emerging media long before media studies became an academic discipline. From editorials and blueprints to media histories, critical essays, and short fiction, Wythoff has collected a wide range of Gernsback’s writings that have been out of print since their magazine debut in the early 1900s. These articles cover such topics as television; the regulation of wireless/radio; war and technology; speculative futures; media-archaeological curiosities like the dynamophone and hypnobioscope; and more. All together, this collection shows how Gernsback’s publications evolved from an electrical parts catalog to a full-fledged literary genre. The Perversity of Things aims to reverse the widespread misunderstanding of Gernsback within the history of science fiction criticism. Through painstaking research and extensive annotations and commentary, Wythoff reintroduces us to Gernsback and the origins of science fiction.

How long is The Perversity of Things?

The Perversity of Things by Hugo Gernsback is 735 pages long, and a total of 187,425 words.

This makes it 248% the length of the average book. It also has 229% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Perversity of Things Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 4 minutes to read The Perversity of Things aloud.

What Reading Level is The Perversity of Things?

The Perversity of Things 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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