The Rock Rats: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Asteroid Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rock Rats runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ira Claffey and Amanda Karr (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Asteroid Wars
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 47.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Precipice | 12.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Rock Rats | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Silent War: Book III of The Asteroid Wars | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Aftermath: Book Four of The Asteroid Wars | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Amanda Karr
Amanda Karr narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 97 hours in all.
- Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Saga
- First Meetings: In Ender's Universe
- The Precipice
- The Silent War: Book III of The Asteroid Wars
- Titan: A Tale of Cataclysmic Discovery
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,149 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Dynasty of Evil
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Deceived
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 Rock Rats is book 2 of Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ira Claffey and Amanda Karr, released May 1, 2005, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ira Claffey, Amanda Karr
- Released
- May 1, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Asteroid Wars #2
- ISBN
- 9781593974930
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rock Rats as an audiobook?
The Rock Rats runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Rock Rats free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rock Rats?
The Rock Rats is narrated by Ira Claffey and Amanda Karr.
Is The Rock Rats worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.