The Algebraist: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Algebraist runs an estimated 14.5 hours (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 14.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 84% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 38% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).
Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 14.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
As complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale. “An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.” – Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year. The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilization. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Algebraist as an audiobook?
The Algebraist runs about 14.5 hours, our estimate from its 490 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Algebraist free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is The Algebraist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Algebraist first published?
The Algebraist by Iain Banks was first published in 2004.
