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Life In The West by Brian W. Aldiss

Life In The West: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Squire Quartet series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Life In The West audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Harry Frost (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Life In The West at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Squire Quartet

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 50.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Life In The West12.6 hrs
2Forgotten Life11.7 hrs
3Remembrance Day10.5 hrs
4Somewhere East Of Life15.3 hrs

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

Life In The West is book 1 of Brian W. Aldiss's Squire Quartet series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Harry Frost, released August 13, 2024, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.6 hrs
Narrated by
Harry Frost
Released
August 13, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Squire Quartet #1
ISBN
9798855580587

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Life In The West audiobook?

Life In The West runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.

Is the Life In The West audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Life In The West?

Life In The West is narrated by Harry Frost.

Is Life In The West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.