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Machine by Elizabeth Bear

Machine: Audiobook

Book 2 of the White Space series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Machine audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Adjoa Andoh (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Machine at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

794 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

Machine is book 2 of Elizabeth Bear's White Space series: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Adjoa Andoh, released October 20, 2020, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
Adjoa Andoh
Released
October 20, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
White Space #2
ISBN
9781797113647

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Machine audiobook?

Machine runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the Machine audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Machine?

Machine is narrated by Adjoa Andoh.

Is Machine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.