Through Noon Eastern Time on May 21, Audible.com is having a 48-hour Customer Favorites $7.95 sale. There is a handy Sci-Fi & Fantasy tab, though there are sf/f titles lurking under the Thriller, Fiction (a lot), and Romance tabs as well. Here’s what most caught my eye in the sf/f tab:
- Howl’s Moving Castle By Diana Wynne Jones, Narrated by Jenny Sterlin — Length:8 hrs and 34 mins — which I got to gush about over on The Functional Nerds blog as part of the Diana Wynne Jones 2012 blog tour
- The Wise Man’s Fear: Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2 (2011) By Patrick Rothfuss, Narrated by Nick Podehl — Series: KingKiller Chronicles, Book 2 — Length:42 hrs and 59 mins — one step down from the wonderful first book, The Name of the Wind, is still in rarified air
- The Windup Girl (2009) By Paolo Bacigalupi, Narrated by Jonathan Davis — Length:19 hrs and 34 mins — winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and John W. Campbell awards
And there’s a whole lot more worth giving a look at:
- Agent to the Stars By John Scalzi, Narrated by Wil Wheaton — Length:8 hrs and 49 mins — this one shows up quite often in the customer favorites sale, and it is indeed a fun audiobook
- Fuzzy Nation By John Scalzi, Narrated by Wil Wheaton — Length:13 hrs and 48 mins — can’t get enough Wheaton/Scalzi action to tide you over until the (soon!) release of Redshirts? Here’s another, also fun, with Wheaton’s turn as Papa Fuzzy being quite well done.
- I Shall Wear Midnight By Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Stephen Briggs — Series: Discworld – for Kids, Book 5 — Length:9 hrs and 49 mins
- Snuff By Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Stephen Briggs — Series: Discworld, Book 33 — Length:11 hrs and 29 mins
- Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1 By Jim Butcher, Narrated by James Marsters — Series: The Dresden Files, Book 1 — Length:8 hrs and 1 min — along with a scattering of other Dresden Files books in the series, along with Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files, “Book 12.5” in the series
Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1, Hexed: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 2, and Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 3 By Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels — Series: Iron Druid Chronicles — Book 4 just came out last month, with Book 5 due later this year, so this is a pretty inexpensive way to catch up.
Yet more in the SF/F tab:
- Imager: The First Book of the Imager Portfolio By L. E. Modesitt, Narrated by William Dufris — Series: Imager Portfolio, Book 1 — Length:18 hrs and 1 min — along with book 2, Imager’s Challenge
- Skinwalker: Jane Yellowrock, Book 1 and Raven Cursed: Jane Yellowrock, Book 4 By Faith Hunter, Narrated by Khristine Hvam
- Sheepfarmer’s Daughter: The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1 By Elizabeth Moon, Narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck — Series: Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1 — Length:15 hrs and 53 mins
- Ship of Magic: The Liveship Traders, Book 1 By Robin Hobb, Narrated by Anne Flosnik — Series: Liveship Traders, Book 1 — Length:35 hrs and 24 mins
- More Than Honor: Worlds of Honor #1 By David Weber, David Drake, and S. M. Stirling, Narrated by Victor Bevine, L. J. Ganser, and Khristine Hvam — Series: Honorverse Anthologies, Book 1 — Length:10 hrs and 23 mins — Released just last month
- A Rising Thunder: Honor Harrington, Book 13 By David Weber, Narrated by Allyson Johnson — Series: Honor Harrington, Book 13 — Length:17 hrs and 56 mins — Just released in March
- The Mote in God’s Eye By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Narrated by L J Ganser — Length:20 hrs and 27 mins — and another Niven/Pournelle collaboration, Inferno, Narrated by Tom Weiner — Length:5 hrs and 42 mins
- Kushiel’s Dart By Jacqueline Carey, Narrated by Anne Flosnik — Series: Kushiel’s Legacy, Book 1 — Length:31 hrs and 6 mins
- Solaris: The Definitive Edition By Stanislaw Lem and translated by Bill Johnston, Narrated by Alessandro Juliani — Length:7 hrs and 42 mins — this is last year’s new “direct-to-English” translation
- The Desert Spear By Peter V. Brett, Narrated by Pete Bradbury — Series: The Demon Cycle, Book 2 — Length:26 hrs and 13 mins
- The Farseer: Assassin’s Apprentice By Robin Hobb, Narrated by Paul Boehmer — Series: Farseer Trilogy, Book 1 — Length:17 hrs and 18 mins
- The Rowan: Tower and Hive, Book 1 By Anne McCaffrey, Narrated by Jean Reed Bahle — Series: The Tower and Hive, Book 1 — Length:9 hrs and 47 mins
- The Swords of Lankhmar: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser By Fritz Leiber, Narrated by Jonathan Davis with an introduction by Neil Gaiman — Series: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Book 5 — Length:10 hrs and 16 mins
- Armor By John Steakley, Narrated by Tom Weiner — Length:13 hrs and 37 mins
- The Way of Shadows: Night Angel Trilogy, Book 1 By Brent Weeks, Narrated by Paul Boehmer — Series: Night Angel Trilogy, Book 1 — Length:21 hrs and 3 mins
- Timeless: The Parasol Protectorate, the Fifth By Gail Carriger, Narrated by Emily Gray — Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 5 — Length:11 hrs and 29 mins — Release Date:03-01-12
- WWW: Wake By Robert J. Sawyer, Narrated by Jessica Almasy, Jennifer Van Dyck, A. C. Fellner, Marc Vietor, and introduced by Robert J. Sawyer — Series: WWW Trilogy, Book 1 — Length:12 hrs and 13 mins
But definitely do not neglect the “Fiction” tab:
- The Magician King: A Novel (2011) By Lev Grossman, Narrated by Mark Bramhall — Length:15 hrs and 48 mins — sequel to the absolutely wonderful The Magicians (2009) — I still agree with my review from last year: “a truly worthy sequel to one of the new century’s great fantasies”
- Swan Song By Robert McCammon, Narrated by Tom Stechschulte — Length:34 hrs and 22 mins — see The Guilded Earlobe’s rave review
- A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness, Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda — Series: All Souls, Book 1 — Length:24 hrs and 2 mins
- Alas, Babylon By Pat Frank, Narrated by Will Patton — Length:11 hrs and 14 mins
- King of the Vagabonds: Book Two of The Baroque Cycle By Neal Stephenson, Narrated by Simon Prebble and Kevin Pariseau — Series: Baroque Cycle, Book 2 — Length:11 hrs and 14 mins
- Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins, Narrated by Carolyn McCormick — Series: Hunger Games, Book 3 — Length:11 hrs and 43 mins
- Monster: A Novel By A. Lee Martinez, Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer — Length:8 hrs and 42 mins
- The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian By Robert E. Howard, Narrated by Todd McLaren — Length:18 hrs
- The Atrocity Archives: A Laundry Files Novel By Charles Stross, Narrated by Gideon Emery — Length:10 hrs and 56 mins
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane By Katherine Howe, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren — Length:12 hrs and 48 mins
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L. Frank Baum, Narrated by Anne Hathaway — Series: Oz, Book 1 — Length:3 hrs and 49 mins
