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Time’s Eye by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

Time’s Eye: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Time Odyssey series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Time’s Eye audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Time’s Eye at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Time Odyssey Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Time’s Eye11.6 hrs
2Sunstorm10.5 hrs
3Firstborn11.8 hrs

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

Time’s Eye is book 1 of Arthur C. Clarke's Time Odyssey series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released July 1, 2008, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.6 hrs
Narrated by
John Lee
Released
July 1, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
The Time Odyssey Series #1
ISBN
9781483051475

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Time’s Eye audiobook?

Time’s Eye runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Time’s Eye audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Time’s Eye?

Time’s Eye is narrated by John Lee.

Is Time’s Eye worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.