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Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction by Eric Choi, Ben Bova

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Hyde-White and Judy Young and others (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

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30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction is an audiobook by Eric Choi and Ben Bova: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Hyde-White, Judy Young and Gabrielle De Cuir and others, released December 2, 2014, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Hyde-White, Judy Young, Gabrielle De Cuir, Cassandra Campbell, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki
Released
December 2, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
ISBN
9781481522564

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction audiobook?

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction?

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction is narrated by Alex Hyde-White, Judy Young, Gabrielle De Cuir and Cassandra Campbell and others.

Is Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.