The Skinner: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Spatterjay series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Skinner runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Gaminara (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Spatterjay
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 47.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skinner | 16 hrs |
| 2 | The Voyage of the Sable Keech | 16.8 hrs |
| 3 | Orbus | 14.8 hrs |
More narrated by William Gaminara
William Gaminara narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 76 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
909 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Skinner is book 1 of Neal Asher's Spatterjay series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by William Gaminara, released November 29, 2018, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Gaminara
- Released
- November 29, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Spatterjay #1
- ISBN
- 9781529015249
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Skinner as an audiobook?
The Skinner runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Skinner free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Skinner?
The Skinner is narrated by William Gaminara.
Is The Skinner worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.