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Mars Life by Ben Bova

Mars Life: Audiobook

Book 16 of the Grand Tour series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mars Life audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mars Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,898 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

Mars Life is book 16 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released August 25, 2008, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
August 25, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
The Grand Tour Series #16
ISBN
9781483058191

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mars Life audiobook?

Mars Life runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Mars Life audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mars Life?

Mars Life is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Mars Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.