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The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt

The Hercules Text: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hercules Text runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin T. Collins (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hercules Text at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Hercules Text is an audiobook by Jack McDevitt: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin T. Collins, released September 4, 2018, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin T. Collins
Released
September 4, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781977388865

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hercules Text as an audiobook?

The Hercules Text runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Hercules Text free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hercules Text?

The Hercules Text is narrated by Kevin T. Collins.

Is The Hercules Text worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.