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State Tectonics by Malka Older

State Tectonics: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Centenal Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the State Tectonics audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Christine Marshall (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish State Tectonics at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Centenal Cycle

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle9.7 hrs
2Null States: Book Two of the Centenal Cycle12 hrs
3State Tectonics10.5 hrs

More narrated by Christine Marshall

Christine Marshall narrates 48 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 445 hours in all.

All Christine Marshall audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,132 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

State Tectonics is book 3 of Malka Older's Centenal Cycle series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Christine Marshall, released September 11, 2018, on the Legal & Political and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Christine Marshall
Released
September 11, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political, Science Fiction
Series
The Centenal Cycle #3
ISBN
9781250306548

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the State Tectonics audiobook?

State Tectonics runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the State Tectonics audiobook free?

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

Who narrates State Tectonics?

State Tectonics is narrated by Christine Marshall.

Is State Tectonics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.