The Smoke Ring: Audiobook
Book 3 of the State series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Smoke Ring runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The State Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 24.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A World out of Time | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Integral Trees | 7.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Smoke Ring | 8.8 hrs |
More narrated by Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,000 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,968 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 Smoke Ring is book 3 of Larry Niven's State series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released December 1, 2013, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Weiner
- Released
- December 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The State Series #3
- ISBN
- 9781481573955
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Smoke Ring as an audiobook?
The Smoke Ring runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Smoke Ring free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Smoke Ring?
The Smoke Ring is narrated by Tom Weiner.