A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Proto Sci-Fi series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD runs 1.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charles Featherstone (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 1.8 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Proto Sci-Fi
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 10.2 hours in all.
More narrated by Charles Featherstone
Charles Featherstone narrates 124 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 685 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
197 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
A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD is book 1 of Lucian of Samosata's Proto Sci-Fi series: a 1.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Featherstone, released October 10, 2024, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Featherstone
- Released
- October 10, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Proto Sci-Fi #1
- ISBN
- 9798875185250
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD as an audiobook?
A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD runs 1.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.
Is A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD?
A True Story: The very first sci fi, written around 100AD is narrated by Charles Featherstone.