First Contact: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Contact audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Gene Engene (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gene Engene
Gene Engene narrates 177 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,507 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,856 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason
- Armada
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 Contact is an audiobook by Kenneth E. Ingle: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gene Engene, released May 15, 2012, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gene Engene
- Released
- May 15, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781605486512
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Contact audiobook?
First Contact runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the First Contact audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Contact?
First Contact is narrated by Gene Engene.
Is First Contact worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.