Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Hingston, Michael

Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

On his fifteenth birthday, in the summer of 1880, future science-fiction writer M.P. Shiel sailed with his...
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Author: Michael Hingston
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Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Hingston, Michael

Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

Dhs. 105.39

Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

Dhs. 105.39
Author: Michael Hingston
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Michael Hingston
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781771964159


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2022

About the Author
Michael Hingston is the author of Let's Go Exploring and The Dilettantes. His journalism has also appeared in National Geographic, Wired, and the Washington Post. Hingston lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his partner and two kids.

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