Childhood’s End: Audiobook
The Childhood’s End audiobook runs an estimated 6.6 hours (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 6.6 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 78% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 37% 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 weekend-size listen at 6.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government, and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked about the origins and mission of the aliens, but they avoid answering, preferring to remain in their ships, governing through indirect rule. Decades later, the Overlords eventually show themselves, and their impact on human culture leads to a Golden Age. However, the last generation of children on Earth begin to display powerful psychic abilities, heralding their evolution into a group mind, a transcendent form of life.
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How long is the Childhood’s End audiobook?
Childhood’s End runs about 6.6 hours, our estimate from its 222 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
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When was Childhood’s End first published?
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke was first published in 1952.
