How long does it take to read The Other Hollywood?
The Other Hollywood by Legs McNeil takes about 11 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 22 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 620 pages, about 170,500 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A raucous and revealing oral history of the birth of the adult film industry, The Other Hollywood peels back the candy coating to let the true story be told -- by the stars, movie makers, and other industry players who lived it. And what a story it is: Through hundreds of original interviews, contemporary newspaper accounts, police reports, court testimony, and more, Legs McNeil and coauthors Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia trace today's billion-dollar industry from its makeshift, mob-connected origins to the Internet age. Along the way we encounter porn stars such as Linda Lovelace, John Holmes, Traci Lords, and Savannah -- along with countless mainstream stars, politicians, FBI agents, and more.Epic, hilarious, and moving, The Other Hollywood contributes to the porn industry the one thing missing in all previous accounts: a vivid, tragicomic, irresistible humanity.
Subjects: Sex in motion pictures, History and criticism, Oral history, Erotic films, History, Nonfiction
