Blue Remembered Earth: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Poseidon's Children series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blue Remembered Earth audiobook runs 21.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (about 14.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 44 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 21.8 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Poseidon's Children
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 72.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Remembered Earth | 21.8 hrs |
| 2 | On The Steel Breeze | 23.3 hrs |
| 3 | Poseidon's Wake | 27.1 hrs |
More narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 545 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
337 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
Blue Remembered Earth is book 1 of Alastair Reynolds's Poseidon's Children series: a 21.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, released June 5, 2012, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Released
- June 5, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Poseidon's Children #1
- ISBN
- 9781464049644
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blue Remembered Earth audiobook?
Blue Remembered Earth runs 21.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.5 hours.
Is the Blue Remembered Earth audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blue Remembered Earth?
Blue Remembered Earth is narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
Is Blue Remembered Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.5 hours, saving 7.3 hours.