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Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales by Steve Mason

Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve Mason (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales at common listening paces
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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales is an audiobook by Steve Mason: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Mason, released April 23, 2026, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Steve Mason
Released
April 23, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781917923583

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales audiobook?

Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales audiobook free?

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Who narrates Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales?

Failure is Always An Option: Glorious Adventures on the Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales is narrated by Steve Mason.