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The Best of Cordwainer Smith by Cordwainer Smith

The Best of Cordwainer Smith: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best of Cordwainer Smith runs 15.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Best of Cordwainer Smith at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,074 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

The Best of Cordwainer Smith is an audiobook by Cordwainer Smith: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released November 29, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.2 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Runnette
Released
November 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781504799119

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Best of Cordwainer Smith as an audiobook?

The Best of Cordwainer Smith runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.

Is The Best of Cordwainer Smith free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Best of Cordwainer Smith?

The Best of Cordwainer Smith is narrated by Sean Runnette.

Is The Best of Cordwainer Smith worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5.1 hours.