The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Crouch and Alyssa Bresnahan (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Crouch
Michael Crouch narrates 500 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,231 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
5,154 Literature 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 Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy is an audiobook by Ursula K. Le Guin: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Crouch and Alyssa Bresnahan, released June 17, 2025, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Crouch, Alyssa Bresnahan
- Released
- June 17, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9798890590244
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy as an audiobook?
The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy?
The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy is narrated by Michael Crouch and Alyssa Bresnahan.