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Cover of Virtual Light by William Gibson

Virtual Light: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Virtual Light audiobook runs 10.5 hours (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
3.8★30 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Virtual Light at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it sits right at the median length for science fiction.

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 10.5 hours.

About the book

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California . The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich—or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . . Praise for Virtual Light “Both exhilarating and terrifying . . .

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Virtual Light audiobook?

Virtual Light runs 10.5 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Virtual Light audiobook free?

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

Is Virtual Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Virtual Light first published?

Virtual Light by William Gibson was first published in 1743.