Contact: Audiobook
The Contact audiobook runs an estimated 12.8 hours (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 12.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 75% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 22% 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: a solid week of commutes at 12.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the “greatest adventure of all time” (Associated Press). The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us? One of the best science fiction novels about communication with extraterrestrial intelligent beings, Contact is a “stunning and satisfying” ( Los Angeles Times ) classic.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Contact audiobook?
Contact runs about 12.8 hours, our estimate from its 432 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Can I listen to Contact free?
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Is Contact worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Contact first published?
Contact by Carl Sagan was first published in 1985.
