The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs an estimated 6.4 hours (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 6.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 6.4 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 80% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 39% shorter 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 who want a comic streak: a weekend-size listen at 6.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia. --- Also contained in: - [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163692W) - [The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163713W) - [Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163706W)
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How long is The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy as an audiobook?
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs about 6.4 hours, our estimate from its 216 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
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When was The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy first published?
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was first published in 1979.
