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Cover of The Memory Police by 小川洋子, Stephen Snyder - undifferentiated

The Memory Police: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Memory Police runs an estimated 8.5 hours (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5est. listening hrs
3.9★12 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Memory Police at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 66% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 19% 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 dystopian stakes: a solid week of commutes at 8.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

「在妳出生之前,島上曾經有好多好多東西。晶瑩剔透的、芳香宜人的、閃閃發亮的、光豔動人的……總之,有許多妳作夢也想不到的美好事物。」小時候,母親總是對我訴說關於「消滅」的故事。我們居住的小島上,事物陸續消滅。緞帶、鈴鐺、郵票、綠寶石、香水…… 這些東西消滅的時候,大家的記憶便隨之燒毀埋葬,心靈也逐漸乾涸枯竭,徒留記憶的空洞。只有母親把這些遺落的記憶細心收藏在祕密櫃子裡。然而,我卻意外失去了母親、失去了父親、失去了雙親的遺物…… 如今,生命中另一個重要的事物又即將消滅…… 當世上的一切消失殆盡,唯有收藏著祕密結晶的人,才能擁抱未來活下去。

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Memory Police as an audiobook?

The Memory Police runs about 8.5 hours, our estimate from its 288 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Memory Police free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Memory Police first published?

The Memory Police by 小川洋子, Stephen Snyder - undifferentiated was first published in 1994.