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Cover of The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) by 刘慈欣

The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2): Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) runs an estimated 17 hours (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17est. listening hrs
4.5★31 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 17 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

What our data says

  • At 17 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 91% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 62% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 17 hours (estimated).

About the book

Soon to be a Netflix Original Series! "Wildly imaginative." —President Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) as an audiobook?

The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) runs about 17 hours, our estimate from its 574 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Can I listen to The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) free?

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Is The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) first published?

The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) by 刘慈欣 was first published in 2008.