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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year by Orson Scott Card, L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year: Audiobook

Book 42 of the Writers of the Futue series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year audiobook runs 18.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Janina Edwards and Susan Hanfield and others (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2026released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year at common listening paces
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30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.1 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Janina Edwards

Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

630 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year is book 42 of Orson Scott Card's Writers of the Futue series: a 18.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, Susan Hanfield and Gabrielle De Cuir and others, released April 28, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.1 hrs
Narrated by
Janina Edwards, Susan Hanfield, Gabrielle De Cuir, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Scott Peterson
Released
April 28, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Fantasy
Series
Writers of the Futue #42
ISBN
9781619869028

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year audiobook?

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year runs 18.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year audiobook free?

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Who narrates L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year?

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year is narrated by Janina Edwards, Susan Hanfield, Gabrielle De Cuir and Kirby Heyborne and others.

Is L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6 hours.