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The Medusa Chronicles by Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter

The Medusa Chronicles: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Medusa Chronicles runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Kenny (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Medusa Chronicles at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,869 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 Medusa Chronicles is an audiobook by Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Kenny, released June 7, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Kenny
Released
June 7, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781508218906

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Medusa Chronicles as an audiobook?

The Medusa Chronicles runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Medusa Chronicles free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Medusa Chronicles?

The Medusa Chronicles is narrated by Peter Kenny.

Is The Medusa Chronicles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.