How long does it take to read The Dragon and the George?
The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Dragon Knight
Next: The Dragon Knight
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jim Eckert was a dragon. He hadn't planned it that way, but that's what happened when he set out to rescue his betrothed. Following her through an erratic astral-projection machine, Jim suddenly found himself in a cockeyed world - locked in the body of a talking dragon named Gorbash. That wouldn't have been so bad if his beloved Angie were also a dragon. But in this magical land, that was not the case. Angie had somehow remained a very female human - or a george, as the dragons called any human. And Jim, no matter what anyone called him, was a dragon. To make matters worse, Angie had been taken prisoner by an evil dragon and was held captive in the impenetrable Loathly Tower. So in this land where georges were edible and beasts were magical - where spells worked and logic didn't - Jim Eckert had a problem. And he needed help, by george!
Subjects: James Eckert (Fictitious character), Dragons, Time travel, Fiction, Middle Ages, Social life and customs
