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Blood Music: Audiobook

The Blood Music audiobook runs an estimated 8 hours (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8est. listening hrs
3.9★17 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Blood Music at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 8 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 69% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 24% 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 8 hours (estimated).

About the book

Nebula Award Finalist: A genetic engineering breakthrough may portend the destruction of humanity in this cyberpunk novel by the author of The Forge of God . This Hugo and Nebula Award finalist follows present-day events in which the fears concerning the nuclear annihilation of the world subsided after the Cold War and the fear of chemical warfare spilled over into the empty void it left behind. An amazing breakthrough in genetic engineering made by Vergil Ulam is considered too dangerous for further research, but rather than destroy his work, he injects himself with his creation and walks out of his lab, unaware of just how his actions will change the world. Author Greg Bear’s treatment of the traditional tale of scientific hubris is both suspenseful and a compelling portrait of a new intelligence emerging amongst us, irrevocably changing our world.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blood Music audiobook?

Blood Music runs about 8 hours, our estimate from its 272 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the Blood Music audiobook free?

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

When was Blood Music first published?

Blood Music by Greg Bear was first published in 1985.