Posts published in: 2013/02

Release Week: Fade to Black, Dreams and Shadows, Between Two Thorns, Oz Reimagined, Deadhouse Gates, The Judging Eye, and more

Posted on 2013-02-27 at 16:12 by Sam

It's an absolutely massive release week to wind up February, with debut novels, anthologies, previously published books in two epic fantasy series coming to audio, on and on. It's a week so big that even a new book co-authored by Neal Stephenson, Book 3 of The Mongoliad, and new books in The Night of the Swarm and The Imager Portfolio, don't make it above the fold. (And, of course, more Scalzi, with The Dog King: The Human Division, Episode 7.) I can barely find it in me to complain about the "Seen but not

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Received, February 2013

Posted on 2013-02-25 at 17:41 by Sam

I'm still working through a few of the January incoming, but I've also already had a chance to listen to a few of these titles which were sent our way in February:

1. Digital ARC of The Rift Walker (Vampire Empire, Book Two) by Clay and Susan Griffith, read by James Marsters for Buzzy Multimedia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O2-7WttC44

"A worthy successor in story, narration and production for the Audie-nominated The Greyfriar. James Marsters as a cast of vampires could not be more perfect." -- The

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The Human Division Listen-A-Long, Episode 6: The Back Channel

Posted on 2013-02-22 at 08:39 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 6: The Back Channel by John Scalzi, read by William Dufris Length: 47 minutes

Hello, and welcome back to the Human Division Listen-A-Long. This week, we're covering episode 6: The Back Channel. Remember, spoilers abide, so if you haven't given this sucker a listen already, grab a churro, and cue up the audio. We'll be here when you're finished!

Let's dive into the RECAP!

Posted in The Human Division Listen-a-Long

Sam's Listening Report: November 2012

Posted on 2013-02-21 at 20:02 by Sam

After seven audiobooks and excellent listening in October, it was again seven audiobooks in November, with three audiobooks which ended up making it into my year-end further mentions for new audiobooks of new books (The Long Earth, Red Country, and Clockwork Angels), one of my favorite sf novels of the 2000s coming to audio (Building Harlequin's Moon), some humor (Mogworld), some fictional history (The Mongoliad Book 2), and some mystery (Gone Girl).

REVIEWS:

Building Harlequin’s Moon by Larry

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Release Week: The Secret of Ji, The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, The Siren Depths, and Domino Falls

Posted on 2013-02-20 at 14:33 by Sam

The middle of February brings a bestselling French fantasy to both English and audio, as well as welcoming back Austin Grossman to the ranks of Mad Scientist storyteller, the conclusion of Martha Wells' Books of the Raksura, and a new novel from frequent collaborators Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes. (And, of course, John Scalzi's The Human Division continues with Back Channel: The Human Division, Episode 6.  Doesn't that go without saying by now?)

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Six Heirs (The Secret of Ji, Book One

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The Human Division Listen-A-Long, Episode 5: Tales from the Clarke

Posted on 2013-02-15 at 08:29 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 5: Tales from the Clarke by John Scalzi. Read by William Dufris Length: 59 minutes

Welcome back to the Human Division Listen-A-Long. This week, we dive into Tales from the Clarke, the fifth episode in John Scalzi's new serial novel. Be warned, spoilers abide in the post below, so if you haven't listened yet, feel free to catch up to us once you have. We're not going anywhere.

Okay, onto the Recap!

We start off Captain Sophia Colonna, she who put her ship in front of a

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Release Week: Karen Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Russell's Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Ben Bova's Farside, and Hiroshi Sakurazaka's All You Need is Kill

Posted on 2013-02-14 at 03:50 by Sam

The second release week in February comes with quite a haul, with deep future sf from Mythopoetic Award-winner Karen Lord, a lush collection from Karen Russell, a pair of highly anticipated continued epic fantasy series from Recorded Books, new sf from Ben Bova read by Stefan Rudnicki, and one of the more unique audiobooks to come this year, All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. (And one of the more unique books of last year, Patrick Wensink's Broken Piano for President, gets a professional unabridged

Posted in Release Week | Tagged ben bova, karen lord, karen russell, stefan rudnicki

Sam reviews: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens for Harper Audio

Posted on 2013-02-11 at 17:19 by Sam

The Long Earth: A Novel by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (2012) Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens (2012) for Harper Audio (review copy)

Review by Sam: I'm completely of two minds on this audiobook. First, and this is not one of those minds but rather a comment, there isn't quite the humor and wit as in Pratchett's Discworld books, but then again this isn't at all that kind of story. It's a story that's more earnest than that, not a send-up or pastiche of the kind of novel it pretends to be on the

Posted in reviews | Tagged harper-audio, michael fenton-stevens, stephen baxter, terry pratchett, the long earth

Sam reviews: Building Harlequin's Moon by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper, read by Tom Weiner for Blackstone Audio

Posted on 2013-02-10 at 12:32 by Sam

Building Harlequin’s Moon by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper (2005) Read by Tom Weiner (2012) for Blackstone Audio (review copy)

Review by Sam: This is a book I was very interested in when it was originally published back in 2005, but it was another year before I finally picked it up. It quickly became one of my favorite science fiction novels, and remains one of my favorites of the 2000s. Combine Larry Niven's geo-engineering and orbital mechanics with Cooper's humanism and futurism, add a few thousand

Posted in reviews | Tagged blackstone audio, brenda cooper, building harlequin's moon, larry niven, tom weiner

The Human Division Listen-A-Long, Episode 4: A Voice in the Wilderness

Posted on 2013-02-08 at 07:25 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 4: A Voice in the Wilderness by John Scalzi, read by William Dufris Length: 49 minutes.

Welcome back to the AudioBookaneers The Human Division Listen-A-Long! This week, we're discussing episode 4: A Voice In the Wilderness. This is spoiler territory, so if you haven't listened to the story yet, you may want to go do that.

Usually, I do a little recap before getting into my own thoughts, but today, well, screw that. Today, we're gonna honor a member of The Human Division who

Posted in The Human Division Listen-a-Long | Tagged john scalzi, the human division, william dufris