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Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John Szwed

Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra audiobook runs 16.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Leon Nixon (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.9listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

319 Arts & Entertainment 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

Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra is an audiobook by John Szwed: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Leon Nixon, released November 9, 2021, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.9 hrs
Narrated by
Leon Nixon
Released
November 9, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781666116328

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra audiobook?

Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is the Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra?

Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra is narrated by Leon Nixon.

Is Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.