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The Free Lunch by Spider Robinson

The Free Lunch: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Free Lunch runs 7.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Spider Robinson (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Free Lunch 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

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What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,421 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 Free Lunch is an audiobook by Spider Robinson: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Spider Robinson, released February 1, 2013, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.1 hrs
Narrated by
Spider Robinson
Released
February 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781481593601

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Free Lunch as an audiobook?

The Free Lunch runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Free Lunch free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Free Lunch?

The Free Lunch is narrated by Spider Robinson.