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The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper

The Cosmic Computer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cosmic Computer runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Nelson (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cosmic Computer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,530 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2017 recording read by Arthur Vincet runs 0.1 hours shorter (7.4 hours).

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 Cosmic Computer is an audiobook by H. Beam Piper: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Nelson, released January 1, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Nelson
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cosmic Computer as an audiobook?

The Cosmic Computer runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Cosmic Computer free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cosmic Computer?

The Cosmic Computer is narrated by Mark Nelson.