Variable Star: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Variable Star audiobook runs 11.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Spider Robinson (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
- Stardance
- “All You Zombies—”: Five Classic Stories
- Starseed
- Rocket Ship Galileo
- Callahan’s Legacy
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,074 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
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
Variable Star is an audiobook by Spider Robinson and Robert A. Heinlein: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Spider Robinson, released January 1, 2006, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Spider Robinson
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483050836
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Variable Star audiobook?
Variable Star runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is the Variable Star audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Variable Star?
Variable Star is narrated by Spider Robinson.
Is Variable Star worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.