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Neuromancer by William Gibson is about 10 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 6 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 5 hr.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 12 hr 30 min |
| 1× | 10 hr |
| 1.25× | 8 hr |
| 1.5× | 6 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 5 hr 43 min |
| 2× | 5 hr |
| 2.5× | 4 hr |
| 3× | 3 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 10 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 7 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 9 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 40 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 1.25× | 32 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 1.5× | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 2× | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
How long, really
At 10 hr, Neuromancer is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some. That's longer than about 35% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Neuromancer comes to roughly 93,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through Neuromancer and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Neuromancer audiobook by William Gibson runs about 10 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Neuromancer takes about 6 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 5 hours.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Neuromancer takes about 10 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 7 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 20 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Neuromancer is longer than about 35% of them. At 10 hr it is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some.
