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Alas Babylon: Audiobook

The Alas Babylon audiobook runs an estimated 9.2 hours (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2est. listening hrs
3.9★17 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Alas Babylon at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 61% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 12% 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 9.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

This true modern masterpiece is built around the two fateful words that make up the title and herald the end - “Alas, Babylon.” When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness. Will Patton's narration paints this classic tale as an ominous picture of the terrible possibilites of the nuclear age.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Alas Babylon audiobook?

Alas Babylon runs about 9.2 hours, our estimate from its 312 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Alas Babylon audiobook free?

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

When was Alas Babylon first published?

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank, Pat Frank was first published in 1959.