Blue Mars: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Mars series · see all 3 in reading order
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blue Mars audiobook runs 32 hours (about 21.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 32 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 64 days |
| 1 hour / day | 32 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 days |
You'll finish in–by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 32 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 194% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).
Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for science fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 32 hours.
About the book
Acclaimed visionary author Kim Stanley Robinson is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winner. Blue Mars is the final volume in Robinson's seminal science fiction trilogy which began with Red Mars and continues with Green Mars. The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life--plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world. Meanwhile, across the void of space, old, tired Earth spins on its decaying axis. A natural disaster threatens to drown the already far too polluted and overcrowded planet. The people of Earth are getting desperate. Maybe desperate enough to wage interplanetary war for the chance to begin again.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blue Mars audiobook?
Blue Mars runs 32 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.3 hours.
Is the Blue Mars audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is Blue Mars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.3 hours, saving 10.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Blue Mars first published?
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson was first published in 1996.
