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Galactic Survey by Richard F. Weyand

Galactic Survey: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Colony series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Galactic Survey audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Shoales (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Galactic Survey at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Colony

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 22.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Quant7.5 hrs
2Arcadia7.6 hrs
3Galactic Survey7.9 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,700 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

Galactic Survey is book 3 of Richard F. Weyand's Colony series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Shoales, released May 24, 2022, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Shoales
Released
May 24, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Colony #3
ISBN
9781666186048

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Galactic Survey audiobook?

Galactic Survey runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the Galactic Survey audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Galactic Survey?

Galactic Survey is narrated by Derek Shoales.