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Colony by Ben Bova

Colony: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Colony audiobook runs 16.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Colony at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

778 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

Colony is an audiobook by Ben Bova: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristoffer Tabori, released September 15, 2013, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.8 hrs
Narrated by
Kristoffer Tabori
Released
September 15, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781483061290

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Colony audiobook?

Colony runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the Colony audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Colony?

Colony is narrated by Kristoffer Tabori.

Is Colony worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.