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Magic Time by Barbara Hambly, Marc Scott Zicree

Magic Time: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Magic Time series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Magic Time audiobook runs 15.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Armin Shimerman (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.7listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Magic Time at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Magic Time Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 45.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Magic Time15.7 hrs
2Magic Time: Angelfire14.2 hrs
3Magic Time: Ghostlands15.3 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

Magic Time is book 1 of Barbara Hambly's Magic Time series: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Armin Shimerman, released June 25, 2005, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.7 hrs
Narrated by
Armin Shimerman
Released
June 25, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
The Magic Time Series #1
ISBN
9781483070162

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Magic Time audiobook?

Magic Time runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is the Magic Time audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Magic Time?

Magic Time is narrated by Armin Shimerman.

Is Magic Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.