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Halting State: Audiobook

The Halting State audiobook runs an estimated 10.6 hours (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6est. listening hrs
3.5★20 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Halting State at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 66% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 14% shorter than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners who want proper detective work: a solid week of commutes at 10.6 hours (estimated).

About the book

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls Hugo winner Charles Stross' novel Halting State a "brilliantly conceived techno-crime thriller." The year is 2012, and China, India, and the United States are waging an infowar for economic domination. With innocent gamers mere pawns in the hands of electronic intelligence agencies, programmer Jack Reed is tasked with ferreting out the plot of those who would gladly trade global turmoil for personal gain. "The act of creation seems to come easily to Charles Stross . [He] is peerless at dreaming up devices that could conceivably exist in 6, 60, or 600 years."-New York Times

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Halting State audiobook?

Halting State runs about 10.6 hours, our estimate from its 360 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Halting State audiobook free?

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

Is Halting State worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Halting State first published?

Halting State by Charles Stross was first published in 2007.