Steel Beach: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Steel Beach audiobook runs 23 hours unabridged, narrated by David Stifel (about 15.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 23 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Stifel
David Stifel narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,191 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
292 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
Steel Beach is an audiobook by John Varley: a 23-hour unabridged recording, read by David Stifel, released June 28, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Stifel
- Released
- June 28, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781977338808
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Steel Beach audiobook?
Steel Beach runs 23 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.3 hours.
Is the Steel Beach audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Steel Beach?
Steel Beach is narrated by David Stifel.
Is Steel Beach worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.3 hours, saving 7.7 hours.