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Accelerando: Audiobook

The Accelerando audiobook runs an estimated 13.2 hours (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2est. listening hrs
3.9★42 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Accelerando at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 78% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 26% longer 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 13.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day. Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Amber's son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity. For something is systematically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form...

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Accelerando audiobook?

Accelerando runs about 13.2 hours, our estimate from its 448 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Accelerando audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Accelerando worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Accelerando first published?

Accelerando by Charles Stross was first published in 1900.