Rise of the Terran Empire: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Technic Civilization series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rise of the Terran Empire audiobook runs 22.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Bj Harrison (about 14.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 22.2 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Technic Civilization
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 44.9 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 158.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Van Rijn Method | 22 hrs |
| 2 | David Falkayn: Star Trader | 22.8 hrs |
| 3 | Rise of the Terran Empire | 22.2 hrs |
| 4 | Young Flandry | 22.8 hrs |
| 5 | Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire | 20.2 hrs |
| 6 | Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | 21.5 hrs |
| 7 | Flandry’s Legacy | 26.5 hrs |
More narrated by Bj Harrison
Bj Harrison narrates 85 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,008 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
317 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
Rise of the Terran Empire is book 3 of Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization series: a 22.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Bj Harrison, released October 20, 2020, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bj Harrison
- Released
- October 20, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Technic Civilization #3
- ISBN
- 9781977365316
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rise of the Terran Empire audiobook?
Rise of the Terran Empire runs 22.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.8 hours.
Is the Rise of the Terran Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Rise of the Terran Empire?
Rise of the Terran Empire is narrated by Bj Harrison.
Is Rise of the Terran Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.8 hours, saving 7.4 hours.