Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Starchild Saga, The series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Trenton Bennett (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Starchild Saga, The
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 52.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History | 13.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Daedalus Files: SEALS Winged Insertion Command | 3.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Starchild Compact | 15.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Iapetus Federation: Exodus from Earth | 20.7 hrs |
More narrated by Trenton Bennett
Trenton Bennett narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 197 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,557 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
Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History is book 1 of Robert G. Williscroft's Starchild Saga, The series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Trenton Bennett, released October 7, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Trenton Bennett
- Released
- October 7, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Starchild Saga, The #1
- ISBN
- 9781968367176
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History audiobook?
Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is the Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History?
Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History is narrated by Trenton Bennett.
Is Slingshot: Building the Largest Machine in Human History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.