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The Pnume by Jack Vance

The Pnume: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Tschai, Planet of Adventure series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pnume runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elijah Alexander (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Pnume at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Tschai, Planet of Adventure Series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 18 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 23.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1City of the Chasch6.5 hrs
2Servants of the Wankh6 hrs
3The Dirdir5.5 hrs
4The Pnume5.5 hrs

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 Pnume is book 4 of Jack Vance's Tschai, Planet of Adventure series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elijah Alexander, released October 13, 2015, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Elijah Alexander
Released
October 13, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Tschai, Planet of Adventure Series #4
ISBN
9781504637442

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pnume as an audiobook?

The Pnume runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is The Pnume free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Pnume?

The Pnume is narrated by Elijah Alexander.