The Gold Coast: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Three Californias Triptych series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gold Coast runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Three Californias Triptych
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 40 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wild Shore | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Gold Coast | 15 hrs |
| 3 | Pacific Edge | 11.5 hrs |
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf
267 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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 Gold Coast is book 2 of Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias Triptych series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released May 5, 2015, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- May 5, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- The Three Californias Triptych #2
- ISBN
- 9781481529815
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gold Coast as an audiobook?
The Gold Coast runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Gold Coast free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gold Coast?
The Gold Coast is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is The Gold Coast worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.