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The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack by Ralph Blumenthal

The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Phil Thron (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack at common listening paces
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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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack is an audiobook by Ralph Blumenthal: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Thron, released July 13, 2021, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Phil Thron
Released
July 13, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781666133561

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack as an audiobook?

The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack?

The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack is narrated by Phil Thron.

Is The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.