How Long to Read Try Not to Be Strange

How Long Does it Take to Read Try Not to Be Strange?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Try Not to Be Strange by Michael Hingston

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

Description

Shortlisted for the 2023 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize On his fifteenth birthday, in the summer of 1880, future science-fiction writer M.P. Shiel sailed with his father and the local bishop from their home in the Caribbean out to the nearby island of Redonda—where, with pomp and circumstance, he was declared the island’s king. A few years later, when Shiel set sail for a new life in London, his father gave him some advice: Try not to be strange. It was almost as if the elder Shiel knew what was coming. Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda tells, for the first time, the complete history of Redonda’s transformation from an uninhabited, guano-encrusted island into a fantastical and international kingdom of writers. With a cast of characters including forgotten sci-fi novelists, alcoholic poets, vegetarian publishers, Nobel Prize frontrunners, and the bartenders who kept them all lubricated while angling for the throne themselves, Michael Hingston details the friendships, feuds, and fantasies that fueled the creation of one of the oddest and most enduring micronations ever dreamt into being. Part literary history, part travelogue, part quest narrative, this cautionary tale about what happens when bibliomania escapes the shelves and stacks is as charming as it is peculiar—and blurs the line between reality and fantasy so thoroughly that it may never be entirely restored.

How long is Try Not to Be Strange?

Try Not to Be Strange by Michael Hingston is 357 pages long, and a total of 91,749 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Try Not to Be Strange Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Try Not to Be Strange aloud.

What Reading Level is Try Not to Be Strange?

Try Not to Be Strange 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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