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The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly by Dave Freer, Eric Flint

The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Rats, Bats and Vats series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Fouhey (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Rats, Bats and Vats

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.3 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 25.2 hours in all.

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 Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly is book 2 of Dave Freer's Rats, Bats and Vats series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by James Fouhey, released April 14, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.9 hrs
Narrated by
James Fouhey
Released
April 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Rats, Bats and Vats #2
ISBN
9781541439764

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly as an audiobook?

The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly?

The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly is narrated by James Fouhey.

Is The Rats, the Bats, and the Ugly worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.