A Canticle for Leibowitz: Audiobook
As an audiobook, A Canticle for Leibowitz runs an estimated 9.5 hours (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 9.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 57% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 10% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).
Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature—a chilling and still-provocative look at a postapocalyptic future. In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. Seriously funny, stunning, tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze.
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How long is A Canticle for Leibowitz as an audiobook?
A Canticle for Leibowitz runs about 9.5 hours, our estimate from its 320 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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When was A Canticle for Leibowitz first published?
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr., Волтер Майкл Міллер-молодший was first published in 1959.
