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Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss by Brian W. Aldiss

Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ciaran Saward (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction 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

Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss is an audiobook by Brian W. Aldiss: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ciaran Saward, released December 18, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Ciaran Saward
Released
December 18, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9780008779634

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss audiobook?

Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss?

Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss is narrated by Ciaran Saward.

Is Hello Earth, Are You There?: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.