Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Sasha Gorbasew and Alex Freeman and others (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,711 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
Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View is an audiobook by William Tenn, Robert Sheckley and Stanley G. Weinbaum: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Sasha Gorbasew, Alex Freeman and Saethon Williams, released February 23, 2026, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sasha Gorbasew, Alex Freeman, Saethon Williams
- Released
- February 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798240109812
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Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
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Who narrates Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View?
Essential Classic Science Fiction Short Stories: The Ideal, Second Variety, The Crystal Crypt, Proof of the Pudding, Prospector's Special, Ricardo's Virus, Venus Is a Man's World, The Hour of Battle, The Defenders, and The Point of View is narrated by Sasha Gorbasew, Alex Freeman and Saethon Williams.