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So long, and thanks for all the fish: Audiobook

The So long, and thanks for all the fish audiobook runs an estimated 5.9 hours (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.9est. listening hrs
4.0★87 ratings
Fantasygenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 5.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish So long, and thanks for all the fish at common listening paces
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1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

What our data says

  • At 5.9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 82% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 46% shorter than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

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

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want a comic streak: a weekend-size listen at 5.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth’s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. God only knows what it all means. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the So long, and thanks for all the fish audiobook?

So long, and thanks for all the fish runs about 5.9 hours, our estimate from its 200 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the So long, and thanks for all the fish audiobook free?

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

When was So long, and thanks for all the fish first published?

So long, and thanks for all the fish by Douglas Adams was first published in 1984.