The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase runs 2.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern and Simon Jones (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.4 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays)
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 13.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 19.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern
Geoffrey Mcgivern narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 55 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
275 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 Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase is book 5 of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) series: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Mcgivern and Simon Jones, released December 4, 2004, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Geoffrey Mcgivern, Simon Jones
- Released
- December 4, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) #5
- ISBN
- 9781405699525
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase as an audiobook?
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase?
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase is narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern and Simon Jones.