The Mote in God's Eye: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Mote in God's Eye runs an estimated 16.6 hours (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 16.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 90% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 58% longer 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: a long-haul epic at 16.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, Debt of Honor , and The Integral Trees . Together they have written the critically acclaimed best-sellers Inferno, Footfall , and The Legacy of Heorot , among others. The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read".
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mote in God's Eye as an audiobook?
The Mote in God's Eye runs about 16.6 hours, our estimate from its 560 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Mote in God's Eye free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is The Mote in God's Eye worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Mote in God's Eye first published?
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, L.J. Ganser was first published in 1974.
