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Orbus by Neal Asher

Orbus: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Spatterjay series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Orbus audiobook runs 14.8 hours unabridged, narrated by William Gaminara (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Orbus at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Spatterjay

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 32.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 47.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Skinner16 hrs
2The Voyage of the Sable Keech16.8 hrs
3Orbus14.8 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,173 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

Orbus is book 3 of Neal Asher's Spatterjay series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by William Gaminara, released November 29, 2018, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
William Gaminara
Released
November 29, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Spatterjay #3
ISBN
9781529015232

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Orbus audiobook?

Orbus runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is the Orbus audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Orbus?

Orbus is narrated by William Gaminara.

Is Orbus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.