Posts published in: 2013/04

Release Week: Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni, Neil Gaiman's The Silver Dream, Sarah Prineas' Summerkin, and David Niall Wilson's Nevermore

Posted on 2013-04-24 at 15:56 by Sam

APRIL 17-23, 2013: Though it's not a tremendously crowded release week, there are great picks in adult, teen, and kids audiobooks, ranging from the latest in a long line of strong debut fantasy novels in 2013 (Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni) to a sequel to Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves' InterWorld, and more. (In "meta coverage" notes, this week seems to belong to Harper Audio, whereas last week I noted strong weeks for Hachette Audio and Audible Frontiers.) Without further preamble:

PICKS OF THE

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Bitterwood by James Maxey, read by Dave Thompson

Posted on 2013-04-23 at 13:19 by Sam

Go check it out! "Quick Thoughts: Maxey’s tale of revenge and Dragons set in a unique Post Apocalyptic world is finally now available in Audio. Fans of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, and David Gemmell’s Jerusalem man series should cheer this offering by James Maxey. It blends multiple genres creating a fascinating tableau that vaults this classic story from the mundane into something special."

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Release Week: Austin Grossman's YOU; Promise of Blood; Stormdancer; Jeff Noon's Vurt; and Robert Asprin's M.Y.T.H.

Posted on 2013-04-17 at 16:19 by Sam

APRIL 10-16, 2013: What, no new episode of The Human Division?! OK, seriously, this release week belongs to Hachette Audio, with both of my top picks this week. But! Audible Frontiers has its own pair of offerings which make up my second two picks, the Patrick Rothfuss-recommended Stormdancer (2012) and Jeff Noon's Vurt (1993), along with having done something wonderful in bringing the dozen+ books of Robert Asprin's M.Y.T.H. Inc. series to audio as well. (I have some fondness for M.Y.T.H., though not quite

Posted in Release Week | Tagged austin grossman, jeff noon, robert asprin

The Human Division Listen-A-Long, Episode 13: Earth Above, Sky Below

Posted on 2013-04-17 at 05:22 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 13: Earth Above, Sky Below by John Scalzi, read by William Dufris Length: 2 hours, 2 minutes

Welcome back to the final listen-a-long of John Scalzi's The Human Division. The finale episode of Season 1 was: Earth Above, Sky Below. As it's our last episode of the season, I hope you don't mind if I break from form and do away with the recap and thoughts. Let's just dive into that deep sucking vacuum of space together, old friends, and free-fall.

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The Human Division Listen-A-Long! Episode 12: The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads

Posted on 2013-04-11 at 05:44 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 12: The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads by John Scalzi, read by William Dufris Length: 38 minutes

Hello, and welcome back to another listen-a-long of John Scalzi's The Human Division! This post is positively exploding with spoilers, so after you've listened, grab a margarita the size of cowboy hat and let's drink!

Recap!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged john scalzi, the human division, william dufris

Release Week: The Human Division and Robin Hobb's Rain Wilds Chronciles conclude; two outstanding 2013 anthologies come to audio; and The Far Time Incident

Posted on 2013-04-10 at 20:29 by Sam

APRIL 3-9, 2013: While overall the release week lacks splashy concurrent new standalone releases, it's still quite a week with the conclusions both of John Scalzi's serial novel The Human Division, with a 2-hour Episode 13, Earth Below, Sky Above (cover, left), and of Robin Hobb's Rain Wilds Chronicles, as well as two outstanding anthologies (ok, one is a collection) from a bit earlier in 2013 (ok, the collection is from the summer of 2012), and! a Mary Robinette Kowal-voiced novel of time travel and

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Sam's Listening Report: January 2013

Posted on 2013-04-06 at 12:48 by Sam

So, we're into April and I'm only scratching the surface on reviewing my January listening, and a long list of full reviews to write, but I want to get these brief thoughts out at least, so, in the interest of time: I started the year by finishing up some long-overdue Tim Powers "research" in advance of meeting (and interviewing!) him at illogiCon, interrupted only a bit by the launch of John Scalzi's episodic The Human Division (which I won't review myself here, since Dave is covering these magnificently

Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged monthly listening report, tad williams, tim powers

The Human Division Listen-A-Long, Episode 11: A Problem of Proportion

Posted on 2013-04-04 at 05:15 by Dave

The Human Division, Episode 11: A Problem of Proportion by John Scalzi, Read by William Dufris Length: 1 hour, 2 minutes

Hello, and welcome back to our weekly sorta-weekly listen-a-long of the Human Division, where we get together with all our friends and discuss the latest episode in John Scalzi's serial novel while alien ships are trying to blow us up. This week's episode: A Problem of Proportion. If you have a problem with spoilers, you might want to listen first. Otherwise, let's dive in.

Recap!

So,

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Received: March 2013

Posted on 2013-04-03 at 20:00 by Sam

March was a bit quiet in terms of review copies, as I felt too embarrassed by my months-long backlog of reviews to ask for too many more to add to the pile. Still, a few I couldn't resist:

1. Harper Audio, Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill, read by Vikas Adam. I'd just listened to Vikas Adam as one of two narrators for Manil Suri's The City of Devi and he was again quite, quite good in this slow-building but high-payoff urban fantasy, which sets the world of the Fae, with glamour, changelings, the

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Release Week: Life after Life, River of Stars, Prophet of Bones, The Kundalini Equation, and Use of Weapons

Posted on 2013-04-03 at 14:22 by Sam

MARCH 27-APRIL 2, 2013: While there are other quite worthy audiobooks in the "Also Out This Week" listings (Book 3 in Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, Memories of Ice, Ilie Ruby's The Salt God's Daughter, Alex Hughes' Clean and Sharp, Rachel Pollack's World Fantasy Award winner Godmother Night, and Mary Robinette Kowal's latest Glamourist Histories novel Without a Summer) I managed to hold the line at just five picks this week. Good luck making your own selections! And, of course, there is a new

Posted in Release Week | Tagged guy gavriel kay, life after life, prophet of bones, river of stars