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Children of Time: Audiobook

The Children of Time audiobook runs an estimated 18.2 hours (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.2est. listening hrs
4.3★76 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 18.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Children of Time at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

What our data says

  • At 18.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 94% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 73% longer 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 who want dystopian stakes: a long-haul epic at 18.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Children of Time audiobook?

Children of Time runs about 18.2 hours, our estimate from its 616 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is the Children of Time audiobook free?

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

Is Children of Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Children of Time first published?

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky was first published in 2015.