First Awakenings: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Project Gliese 581g series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Awakenings audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by David Brenin (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Project Gliese 581g Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 14.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Command Decision: Project Gliese 581g | 7.7 hrs |
| 2 | First Awakenings | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by David Brenin
David Brenin narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 486 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,322 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
First Awakenings is book 2 of S.E. Smith's Project Gliese 581g series: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David Brenin, released July 25, 2017, on the Science Fiction and Romance shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Brenin
- Released
- July 25, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Romance
- Series
- The Project Gliese 581g Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781538470565
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Awakenings audiobook?
First Awakenings runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the First Awakenings audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Awakenings?
First Awakenings is narrated by David Brenin.