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Cover of Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

Pandora's Star: Audiobook

The Pandora's Star audiobook runs an estimated 26.5 hours (about 17.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

26.5est. listening hrs
4.1★42 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 26.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Pandora's Star at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day53 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days

What our data says

  • At 26.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 100% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 152% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 26.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such SF giants as Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. But Hamilton's bestselling fiction—powered by a fearless imagination and world-class storytelling skills—has also earned him comparison to Tolstoy and Dickens. Hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, philosophically stimulating: the novels of Peter F. Hamilton will change the way you think about science fiction. Now, with Pandora's Star , he begins a new multivolume adventure, one that promises to be his most mind-blowing yet. The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some 400 light-years in diameter, contains more than 600 worlds, interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star…vanishes. It does not go supernova. It does not collapse into a black hole.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Pandora's Star audiobook?

Pandora's Star runs about 26.5 hours, our estimate from its 896 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.7 hours.

Can I listen to Pandora's Star free?

Yes, with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get Pandora's Star included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is Pandora's Star worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.7 hours, saving 8.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Pandora's Star first published?

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton was first published in 2004.