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Starborn and Godsons by Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes

Starborn and Godsons: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Heorot series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Starborn and Godsons audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Taylorson (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Starborn and Godsons at common listening paces
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30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Heorot Series

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 29.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 41.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Legacy of Heorot12.7 hrs
2Beowulf’s Children16.8 hrs
3Starborn and Godsons12.2 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,853 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

Starborn and Godsons is book 3 of Jerry Pournelle's Heorot series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Taylorson, released June 9, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Taylorson
Released
June 9, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Heorot Series #3
ISBN
9781538545706

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Starborn and Godsons audiobook?

Starborn and Godsons runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Starborn and Godsons audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Starborn and Godsons?

Starborn and Godsons is narrated by Tom Taylorson.

Is Starborn and Godsons worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.