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The Sky People by S.M. Stirling

The Sky People: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Lords of Creation series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sky People runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sky People at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lords of Creation

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.3 hours in all.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,141 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 Sky People is book 1 of S.M. Stirling's Lords of Creation series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released January 1, 2007, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Todd McLaren
Released
January 1, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Lords of Creation #1
ISBN
9781400173457

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sky People as an audiobook?

The Sky People runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Sky People free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sky People?

The Sky People is narrated by Todd McLaren.

Is The Sky People worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.