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The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction by Gene Wolfe

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction runs 23.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Jason Martin and Jean Brassard and others (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

23.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 23.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction at common listening paces
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30 min / day47 days
1 hour / day24 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×16 days

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What our data says

  • At 23.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

260 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 Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction is an audiobook by Gene Wolfe: a 23.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Jason Martin, Jean Brassard and Tim Campbell and others, released June 23, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
23.5 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Jason Martin, Jean Brassard, Tim Campbell, Assaf Cohen, Charlie Thurston, Donald Corren
Released
June 23, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Short Stories
ISBN
9798228704282

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction as an audiobook?

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction runs 23.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.

Is The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction?

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction is narrated by Eric Jason Martin, Jean Brassard, Tim Campbell and Assaf Cohen and others.

Is The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.8 hours.