1634: The Galileo Affair: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Ring of Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 1634: The Galileo Affair audiobook runs 19.8 hours unabridged, narrated by George Guidall (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 19.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ring of Fire
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 86.1 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 289.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1632 | 19.4 hrs |
| 2 | 1633 | 22.2 hrs |
| 3 | 1634: The Baltic War | 26.4 hrs |
| 4 | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | 18.1 hrs |
| 5 | 1634: The Galileo Affair | 19.8 hrs |
| 6 | 1634: The Bavarian Crisis | 24.3 hrs |
| 7 | 1635: A Parcel of Rogues | 12.6 hrs |
| 8 | 1635: The Cannon Law | 15.5 hrs |
| 9 | 1635: The Dreeson Incident | 19.6 hrs |
| 10 | 1635: The Tangled Web | 13.1 hrs |
| 11 | 1635: The Papal Stakes | 23.9 hrs |
| 12 | 1635: The Eastern Front | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
448 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
1634: The Galileo Affair is book 5 of Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: a 19.8-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released January 9, 2015, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- January 9, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Ring of Fire #5
- ISBN
- 9781490647401
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the 1634: The Galileo Affair audiobook?
1634: The Galileo Affair runs 19.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.
Is the 1634: The Galileo Affair audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates 1634: The Galileo Affair?
1634: The Galileo Affair is narrated by George Guidall.
Is 1634: The Galileo Affair worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.