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Virtual light: Audiobook

The Virtual light audiobook runs an estimated 9.5 hours (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5est. listening hrs
3.8★30 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Virtual light at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 57% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 10% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours (estimated).

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 about 9.5 hours, our estimate from its 320 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Can I listen to Virtual light free?

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When was Virtual light first published?

Virtual light by William Gibson was first published in 1743.