Excession: Audiobook
The Excession audiobook runs an estimated 13.6 hours (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 13.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 80% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 30% 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 13.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Excession audiobook?
Excession runs about 13.6 hours, our estimate from its 460 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Can I listen to Excession free?
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Is Excession worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Excession first published?
Excession by Iain Banks was first published in 1996.
