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The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison

The City on the Edge of Forever: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City on the Edge of Forever runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christian O’Connell and Bonnie MacBird and others (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The City on the Edge of Forever at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,775 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 City on the Edge of Forever is an audiobook by Harlan Ellison: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Christian O’Connell, Bonnie MacBird and Larry Nemecek and others, released July 26, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Arts & Entertainment shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Christian O’Connell, Bonnie MacBird, Larry Nemecek, Ryan C. Britt, Veronica Scott, Alex Hyde-White
Released
July 26, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781504754613

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The City on the Edge of Forever as an audiobook?

The City on the Edge of Forever runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The City on the Edge of Forever free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The City on the Edge of Forever?

The City on the Edge of Forever is narrated by Christian O’Connell, Bonnie MacBird, Larry Nemecek and Ryan C. Britt and others.