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Start the Game by Vasily Mahanenko

Start the Game: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Galactogon series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Start the Game audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Lord (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Start the Game at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Galactogon

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Start the Game11.4 hrs
2In Search of the Uldans13.2 hrs
3A Check for a Billion13.7 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,056 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

Start the Game is book 1 of Vasily Mahanenko's Galactogon series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Lord, released March 14, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Bill Lord
Released
March 14, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Galactogon #1
ISBN
9781515989387

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Start the Game audiobook?

Start the Game runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Start the Game audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Start the Game?

Start the Game is narrated by Bill Lord.

Is Start the Game worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.